Sullivan

//ˈsʌlɪvən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish

    ""Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]"

  2. 2
    A placename.; A city, the county seat of Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
  3. 3
    A placename.; A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.
  4. 4
    A placename.; Ellipsis of Sullivan County. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Synonyms

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anne mansfield sullivanarthur seymour sullivanedward vincent sullivanharry stack sullivanlouis henri sullivan

Example

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"McCandless and Sullivan had donned their spacesuits in preparation to conduct an Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) or spacewalk in case anything went wrong with the deployment."

Etymology

Clipping of O'Sullivan. From Irish Ó Súilleabháin.

Related phrases

County of SullivanSullivan Countycounty seatmoultrie countysullivan county

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