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Hussey

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Norman.
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of hussy. alt-of, obsolete

    "And to be sure, as your ladyship says, the girl hath always appeared like a good, honest, plain girl, and not vain of her face, forsooth, as some wanton husseys in the neighbourhood are."

Etymology

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye.

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