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Ambrose

//ˈæmbɹoʊz// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    A city in Coffee County, Georgia.
  4. 4
    A city and village in North Dakota.
  5. 5
    A town in Queensland, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).

    "Stachys semeth to Gesner to be the herbe that we cal in english Ambrose , & I deni not but that it may be a kynde of it. Howe be it I haue sene the true Italian staches, whiche hath narower and whyter leaues then Ambrose hath."

Etymology

From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius.

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