name
Meaning 1
An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
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Standard Lemma guide
Chesney
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CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 S N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
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Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
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History
Etymology
From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).
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