Donovan

//ˈdɒnəvɪn// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A potato. archaic, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

    "Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan, researchers at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, documented how the campaign to inject IOTBW into the national consciousness through fliers was highly organized."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
  5. 5
    A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Synonyms

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murphypotato

Example

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"Donovan wants the country to return to its roots."

Etymology

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

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Donovan body

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