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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 surname originating as a patronymic from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.
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name
A male given name from Latin derived from the Latin for the third ("tertius") given to a third child or a child whose name has the suffix III.
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name
A female given name, diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Finney County, Kansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small town, the county seat of Prairie County, Montana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
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noun
A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: terry diaper, terry nappy
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noun
A terrorist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
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noun
a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: terry cloth, terrycloth
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile, toweling, towelling
noun
English actress (1847-1928)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry
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Broader terms: actress
History
Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).
Contraction of terrorist.
