Dennis

name

name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Ancient Greek.

    "I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!"

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Parker County, Texas.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  7. 12
    A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.

Example

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"Dennis can make the ugliest face in town."

Etymology

From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”.

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