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name
A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.
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noun
A playing card or die with the rank of three.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: occasionally dice games
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, dice, dominoes, games
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noun
A three-pointer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal, obsolete
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A three penny coin; a thrippence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
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noun
The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
The third branch of a deer's antler.
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noun
one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: three
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Broader terms: playing card
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, deuce-ace
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Broader terms: digit, figure
History
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
