name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
porteous
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtɪəs/
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General-American: /ˈpɔɹtɪəs/
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R T IY0 IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A portable breviary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology
Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.
From Anglo-Norman porteose, portehos, Old French portehors, from porte + hors (“outside”).