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Noll

//nɒl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Oliver

    "Old Noll (a nickname of Oliver Cromwell)"

  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The head, especially the top of the head. obsolete

    "Wolde to God it wolde please you some daye / A balade boke before me for to laye, / And lerne me to synge Re my fa sol! / And whan I fayle bobbe me on the noll."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nol, from Old English hnol. Cognate with Dutch nol (“top of a sand-dune”).

Etymology 2

From Oliver, compare Neddie and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor

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