Hubert
//ˈhjubɚt// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
"An if an angel should have come to me And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes I would not have believed him; no tongue but Hubert's."
- 2 A surname.
Example
More examples"Ted led the way, not merely because he was past fourteen and more than half a year older than his cousin, but because Hubert unconsciously yielded to the captaincy of a more venturesome and resolute spirit."
Etymology
From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”). See Saint Hubert.
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