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Lives by the winding stream.
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An Irish version of the Germanic ragan + mund “â€counsellor, protector.â€â€ Particularly popular in Northern Ireland where Redmond O’Hanlon was a charismatic outlaw, the Irish “â€Robin Hood.â€â€ He was born about 1623 in Country Armagh where his father owned seven townlands. During the Cromwellian settlement their estate was taken over by the English. Redmond, his three brothers and a band of about 50 followers took to the hills. Known as “Rapparees,†they were the terror of those who had confiscated the Irish lands and avenged some of the wrongs inflicted upon their peasant neighbors. On Douglas Bridge I met a man Who lived adjacent to Strabane, Before the English hung him high For riding with O’Hanlon. (From the “â€Ballad of Douglas Bridgeâ€â€ by Francis Carlin.)
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English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : perhaps a habitational name from Cromwell in Nottinghamshire or Cromwell Bottom in West Yorkshire, both named from Old English crumb ‘crooked’ + wella ‘stream’, ‘spring’. The latter is recorded as Crumbel (1251) and Crumble (1566).Probably an altered spelling of German Krumpel or Krümpel, a nickname for someone with a deformity, from Middle High German krum(p) ‘deformed’, ‘crooked’; skeletal deformities were common in the Middle Ages, often as a result of rickets.
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Irish
An Irish version of the Germanic ragan + mund “â€counsellor, protector.â€â€ Particularly popular in Northern Ireland where Redmond O’Hanlon was a charismatic outlaw, the Irish “â€Robin Hood.â€â€ He was born about 1623 in Country Armagh where his father owned seven townlands. During the Cromwellian settlement their estate was taken over by the English. Redmond, his three brothers and a band of about 50 followers took to the hills. Known as “Rapparees,†they were the terror of those who had confiscated the Irish lands and avenged some of the wrongs inflicted upon their peasant neighbors. On Douglas Bridge I met a man Who lived adjacent to Strabane, Before the English hung him high For riding with O’Hanlon. (From the “â€Ballad of Douglas Bridgeâ€â€ by Francis Carlin.)
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Dutch
Dutch : variant of Krom.English : possibly a variant of Croom.
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English
English : habitational name from places in Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire named Cromwell, from Old English crumb ‘bent’, ‘crooked’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
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English
English : variant of Crumpton.
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Irish
Irish : sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó DuinnÃn (see Dineen).English : patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.Sir George Downing (1623–84), baronet, member of Parliament, and ambassador to the Netherlands in the time of both Cromwell and King Charles II, was the second graduate of the first class (1642) at Harvard College. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Emmanuel Downing of the Inner Temple and his second wife, Lucy Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop. The family emigrated to New England in 1638 and settled at Salem, MA.
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Crooked.
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English
Lives by the winding stream.
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English
English : variant of Croom.
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English
English : habitational name from Crompton in Lancashire, named with an Old English crumbe ‘river bend’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
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American, Australian, British, English, Scottish, Shakespearean
Lives by the Winding Stream; From the Crooked Well
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1).German : variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, whose members played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (d. 1672), who fought in Oliver Cromwell’s army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671–1746) established the “manor†of Morrisania in NY. His grandson, Lewis (1726–98), third owner of that manor, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. Their half-brother Staats Morris (1728–1800) was a general in the British army who was appointed governor of Quebec.
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French
French : from a Germanic personal name, Hrodmar, composed of hrÅd ‘renown’, ‘glory’ + mÄr ‘famous’.English : habitational name from Cromer in Norfolk, recorded in the 13th century as Crowemere, from Old English crÄwe ‘crow’ + mere ‘lake’.Variant spelling of German and Jewish Kromer.
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American, British, English
From the Winding Farm
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English
English : nickname for a cripple or hunchback, from Middle English crom(p), Old English crumb ‘bent’, ‘crooked’, ‘stooping’. Compare Crump.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of hooks, from Middle English crome, cromb ‘hook’, ‘crook’ (from Old English crumb ‘bent’, reinforced by an Old French borrowing from a Germanic cognate).English : habitational name from Croom in East Yorkshire or Croome in Worcestershire. The first is named with Old English crÅhum, dative plural (used originally after a preposition) of crÅh ‘narrow valley’ (a cognate of Old Norse krá ‘corner’, ‘bend’, and related to the words mentioned in 1 and 2 above). The place in Worcestershire is named with an old British river name ultimately cognate with the other words mentioned here; compare Welsh crwm ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.Americanized spelling of German Krumm.
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English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : nickname for a cripple or hunchback, from English cromp, crump ‘bent’, ‘crooked’, ‘stooping’ (from Old English crumb). Compare Croom.Americanized spelling of German Krump, the variant Krumpp, or German and Dutch Kramp.
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English
English : unexplained; possibly an altered form of Grummett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Grim or of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element grim ‘mask’ (see Grim).
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Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
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Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.
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A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.
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A cromlech.
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An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."
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A quaver.
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One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators.
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An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
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A cromlech. See Cromlech.
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A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.
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A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.