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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 8 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORINER, or LORIMER (from O. Fr. loremier or lorenier, a maker of lorains, bridles, from
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Lat. lorum, thong, bridle; the proper form is with the n; a similar change is found in Latimer for Latiner, the title of an old official of the royal household, the k
 
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ing's interpreter), one who makes bits and spurs and the metal mountings for saddles and bridles; the
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term is also applied to a worker in wrought iron and to a maker of small iron
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ware . The word is now rarely used except as the name of one of the
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London
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livery companies (see LIVERY
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COMPANY) .

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