Cruz
/kɹuːz/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Ibero-Romance.
"From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation."
- 2 A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.
Example
More examples"Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Romance (Portuguese Cruz and Spanish Cruz).
Etymology 2
Derived from Ibaloi kurus (“the hanging of horns of sacrificed animals”), wherein it took place in the area.