What is the name meaning of DUTY. Phrases containing DUTY
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DUTY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French peiser, poiser ‘weigher’ (Late Latin pensarius, a derivative of pensare ‘to weigh’), hence an occupational name for an official in charge of weights and measures, especially one whose duty it was to weigh rent or tribute received.German : variant spelling of Peiser.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German : status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King’s Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king’s right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Religious Duty; Commandment of God
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for someone who had some special connection with the Christmas season, such as owing the particular feudal duty of providing a yule-log to the lord of the manor, or having given a memorable performance as the Lord of Misrule. The name is from Middle English, Old French no(u)el ‘Christmas’ (Latin natalis (dies) ‘birthday’). It was also used as a given name for someone born during the Christmas period.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Bravely Upholding Righteousness; Brave in Doing Ones Duty
Boy/Male
Hindu
Responsibilities, Duty
Boy/Male
Arabic
Prayer on Duty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a bell ringer, in particular one whose duty was to make public announcements, after ringing a bell to attract attention. Compare Bell.Americanized or Swedish spelling of German Bellmann, a North German habitational name from Belle in Westphalia, Bell in the Rhineland, or Bellen near Bremen.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Duty
Boy/Male
Arabic, British, Czechoslovakian, Dutch, English, Parsi
Fulfilling a Duty; Paying; Beauty; Elegance; Graceful Manner
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Duty
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who does his duty
Boy/Male
Hindu
Responsibilities, Duty
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Responsibilities, Duty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Possibly a Americanized spelling of French Duthie or Dutey, both variants of Dutil, or a translation of French Dudevoir, which is probably a dit-name in origin, from one of the regiments that served in New France, perhaps a nickname for someone obsessed with duty.A family named Dudevoir, from the Auvergne, settled in Montreal in 1690.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Duty
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Punjabi, Sikh, Traditional
Bravely Upholding Righteousness; Brave in Doing Ones Duty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the holder of any office, from Anglo-Norman French officer (an agent derivative of Old French office ‘duty’, ‘service’, Latin officium ‘service’, ‘task’).English : occupational name for a sewer of gold embroidery, from Anglo-Norman French orfroiser (an agent derivative of Old French orfrois, Late Latin auriphyrigium ‘Phrygian gold’--the Phrygians being famed in antiquity for their gold embroidery).
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kartavya | கரà¯à®¤à®µà¯à®¯
Responsibilities, Duty
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Servant of Dharma or Religion Duty that which is Good
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n.
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
n.
The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.
n.
A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool.
n.
A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.
v. i.
To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
n.
The office duty of a trierarch.
n.
One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.
n.
Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
a.
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.
v. t.
Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
n.
The office or duty of a trustee.
n.
An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool.
a.
Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.
n.
Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
a.
Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs.
v.
Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
n.
Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer.
v. i.
To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
n.
Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence.
a.
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.