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Terry

//ˈtɛɹi// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek.
  2. 2
    A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.

    "Tao was a voracious consumer of fantasy books like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. When a class was boring, he doodled intricate maps of imaginary lands."

  3. 3
    A male given name from Latin derived from the Latin for the third ("tertius") given to a third child or a child whose name has the suffix III.
  4. 4
    A female given name, diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Finney County, Kansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town, the county seat of Prairie County, Montana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A terrorist euphemistic
  3. 3
    a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes wordnet
  4. 4
    Any makeshift cloth nappy folded from a large piece of absorbent fabric and held in place by a nappy pin or nappy fastener; a flat nappy. Commonwealth, countable, dated, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).

Etymology 2

Contraction of terrorist.

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