Grillo

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"Five years ago the maverick, anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle, brain-child of the chaotic and shaggy-bearded stand-up comic Beppe Grillo, exploded on the Italian electoral scene, grabbing sufficient seats to force Italy’s established parties to form a ‘grand coalition’ government to shut out the political upstarts."

Etymology

From Italian Grillo, from the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo.

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