Alison

//ˈælɪsən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of alyssum.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages. countable

    "He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it."

  2. 2
    A surname. countable
  3. 3
    A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable

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alyssum

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"He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it."

Etymology

From Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”). Became Middle English Alisoun.

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