Bateson

//ˈbeɪt.sən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.

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"Mead and Bateson chose the upland village of Bajoeng Gede for their research, because a lack of iodine in the villagers' diet made them slow of speech."

Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.

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