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