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Cate

//keɪt// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.

    "Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection."

Noun
  1. 1
    A delicacy or item of food. in-plural

    "Kate of Kate-hall, my super-daintie Kate, / For dainties are all Kates, and therefore Kate / Take this of me, Kate of my consolation […]"

Etymology

Aphetized from acate, from Old Northern French acat (“purchase”).

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