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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A female given name.
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Usage: rare
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name
A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
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name
A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
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name
A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.
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noun
Anti-aircraft artillery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: World-War-I, slang, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: World-War-I, countable, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
An Acorn Archimedes computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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History
Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).
Clipping of Archimedes + -ie.
