name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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lorimer
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces.
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Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Scottish occupational surname for a maker or seller of spurs, bits and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman lorenier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain (“tackle, harness”).
From Old French lormier, loremier, from Latin loranum (“bridle”), lorum (“thong, the rein of a bridle”).