Standard Lemma guide
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name
A diminutive of the female names Wilhelmina, Minerva, Mary, Mina, Mamie and Hermione. Popular as a formal female given name in the 19th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Minneapolis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, slang, uncountable
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name
Alternative letter-case form of minnie (“minenwerfer trench mortar”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of minnow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Mother, mummy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, childish, endearing, obsolete
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noun
A minenwerfer trench mortar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: World-War-I, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Its diminutives + -ie.
A variant of minnow.
Uncertain; probably a variant of mammy. Compare mummy.
Clipping of minenwerfer + -ie.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
