Trevor

//ˈtɹɛvɚ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Welsh, from Welsh Trefor. Popular in the UK in the 1950s and the 1960s.

    "He never wasted a word even to tell his name until that was required of him by the rules. When he said 'Trevor' it was a statement of fact, not as it would have been with the others a statement of shame or defiance. - - - There was every reason why T., as he was afterwards referred to, should have been an object of mockery - there was his name ( and they substituted the initial because otherwise they had no excuse not to laugh at it ) - - -"

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A village in Llangollen Rural community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2642).
  4. 4
    A community in the village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.

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"'My dear boy,' said Trevor, smiling, 'that old beggar, as you call him, is one of the richest men in Europe. He could buy all London tomorrow without overdrawing his account. He has a house in every capital, dines off gold plate, and can prevent Russia going to war when he chooses.'"

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