Dempsey

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An extinct town in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

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"“Crisis management has always been her forte, whether saving the euro during the global financial crisis of 2009, keeping Europe together during the refugee crisis, or now coping with the pandemic,” Judy Dempsey of the think tank Carnegie Europe, noted recently in a commentary on Merkel’s legacy."

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh (“descendant of Díomasach”), a byname deriving from díomasach (“proud, arrogant”).

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