Cornell

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries.
  3. 3
    Cornell University

    "Admittedly, Cornell does offer courses such as CHEM 1007 (Academic support), CHEM 1560 (Intro to Gen Chem) and CHEM 1729 (Solve it!) as precursors or supports to 2070, but they are still not adequate to address the inequity created by 2070’s weed-out methodology."

  4. 4
    A male given name.

Synonyms

All synonyms
ezra cornellkatherine cornell

Example

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"According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones."

Etymology

From Cornwall, spelling conflated with the Latin family name Cornelius.

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Cornell boxCornell notes

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