Terence

//ˈtɛɹəns// name

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  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin, popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.

    ""Very likely the ragged scion of one of those Irish gentry, who has taken naturally to 'the road'. He should be at school - though I warrant me his knowledge of Terence will not extend beyond his own name," said Lord Henry Somerset, aid-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant."

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""Will you lend me your Terence?" "I will, if you will get it from Conrad, whom I gave it to use.""

Etymology

From Latin Terentius, a Roman family name of obscure origin, borne by a Roman playwright and by early Christian saints. * In Ireland, it has been used to represent Turlough.

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