Kevin

//ˈkɛvɪn// name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Irish.

    "“My message to Kevin McCarthy is, take all of her committee assignments away … also, don’t support her when she runs for re-election again and try to get her primaried. If you say this is not your party, actually call it out and hold her accountable,” Hogg told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.”"

  2. 2
    A working-class male. British, derogatory, slang

Synonyms

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Example

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"Kevin has bought a diamond ring and is going to pop the question to Kim tonight."

Etymology

Name of a seventh-century Irish saint, from Irish Caoimhghin or Caoimhín, from Old Irish Cóemgen (literally “dear birth/person”). It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.

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