Malley
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A gardener. India, obsolete
"[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]"
- 1 A surname from Irish.
Example
More examples"[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]"
Etymology
* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.
Borrowed from Hindi माली (mālī).
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