Blackmore (?blæk?m??) n (Biography) R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825?1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014