Vincent

//ˈvɪnsənt// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls. historical, slang

    "If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin. countable

    "Starry starry night. Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue."

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic. countable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Shelby County, St. Clair County and Talladega County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Webster County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Vincent. countable, uncountable

Example

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"Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

Etymology 2

From the Latin verb vincō. It could be either the stem of the present active participle vincēns (“the conquering man”) or the third-person plural future active indicative meaning ‘they will conquer’.

Related phrases

Mount VincentSaint VincentSaint-VincentSt VincentSt-VincentSt. VincentSt.-VincentVincent's anginaVincent's infectionVincent's organismVincent's stomatitisVincent's ulcer

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