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Raffles

//ˈɹæfəlz// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    The Raffles Hotel, Singapore. colloquial
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of raffle form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of raffle form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

May comes from a Scandinavian source like Old Norse refr (“fox”) + hol (“hole”), or comes from Raphael, with a patronymic suffix -s.

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