Camus
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of camis (“light dress or robe; chemise”). alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from French.
- 2 Royal Corps of Army Music (a corps of the British Army).
- 3 Albert Camus, French author and philosopher
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples""Today my mother died." That's how the book The Stranger, by Albert Camus, begins."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the French surname, from the adjective camus (“flat-nosed”). This also appears as Spanish and Catalan camús, cognate with the French word.
Etymology 2
Acronym of Corps of Army Music, which is the erstwhile name of the corps.