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English unisex name derived from the holiday name "Easter," which is related to Old English Eosturmónaþ/Eastermónaþ, EASTER means "April."
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female name Itke, a pet form of the biblical name Judith + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.English : from the Middle English personal name Idkin, a pet form of the personal name Ida.
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Americanized form of German Oesterling.English
Americanized form of German Oesterling.English : derivative of Easter 1, with the addition of the Germanic suffix -ling.
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Americanized spelling of Slovenian Tuš, probably a derivative from the personal name Tomaž (see Thomas). It is found in eastern Slovenia. Compare Tosh.English
Americanized spelling of Slovenian Tuš, probably a derivative from the personal name Tomaž (see Thomas). It is found in eastern Slovenia. Compare Tosh.English : unexplained; possibly a variant of Scottish Tosh.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Levin.English : variant of Leven 3.Breton (Lévéné) : from an old female personal name derived from Old Breton louuinid ‘joy’, ‘gaiety’. The name gained popularity as it belonged to the mother of a Breton saint, Gwenael.Altered spelling of French Lavigne, Lavin, Lavine, Levin, or various other like-sounding surnames.
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English (northern and eastern)
English (northern and eastern) : variant spelling of Milner.
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Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish litwin, an ethnic name for someone from Lithuania (Polish Litwa, Lithuanian Lietuva, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps a derivative of the river name Leità ). In the 14th century Lithuania was an independent grand duchy which extended from the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea. It was united with Poland in 1569, and was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795. The region referred to as Lite in Ashkenazic culture encompassed not only Lithuania but also Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, parts of northern Ukraine, and parts of northeastern Poland.English : from an Old English personal name, Lēohtwine, composed of the elements lēoht ‘light’, ‘bright’ + wine ‘friend’.
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English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : unexplained.
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Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian : occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann).English : variant of Firmin.Americanized spelling of German Fuhrmann.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a man with red hair, from Yiddish gel ‘red-headed’, Middle High German gel ‘yellow’, German gelb (see Geller).German : unexplained.English : from a short form of the personal name Julian.Variant of French Gille.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Goren.English : variant of Goring 1.French : diminutive of Gore.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’ (see Easter 1) + brook ‘stream’.
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English
English : topographic name for someone living to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’, Old English ēasterra, in form a comparative of ēast ‘east’ (see East).English : habitational name from a group of villages in Essex, named from Old English eowestre ‘sheepfold’.English : nickname for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time (Old English ēastre, perhaps from the name of a pagan festival connected with the dawn).Translation of the German family name Oster.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Laski.English : habitational name from either of two places in Cornwall named Lesquite; one, in Lanivet, is named from Cornish lost ‘tail’ + cos ‘wood’; the other, in Pelynt, is from Cornish is ‘below’ + cos.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Yiddish fayer ‘fire’ or Yiddishized form of Feuer.English : variant of Fair.
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English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Hungarian (Urbán), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Hungarian (Urbán), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning ‘city dweller’, a derivative of urbs ‘town’, ‘city’). The name was borne by a 4th-century saint, the patron saint of vines, and by seven early popes. The Jewish surname represents an adoption of the Polish personal name.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Libson, a metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Libe, from Yiddish ‘love’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Lipe (a short form of Lipman).English : patronymic from Lipp 2.English : habitational name from Lipson in Devon, which is possibly named from Old English hlÄ«ep ‘leap’, ‘steep place’ + stÄn ‘stone’.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish tesler ‘carpenter’.English : variant of Tessler.German : variant of Tescher.
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English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : apparently a variant of German.
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Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Hellmann (see Heller), reflecting varieties of Yiddish in which there is no h.German (Elmann) : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Adelman, composed of the elements adal ‘noble (family)’ + man ‘man’.English : occupational name for a seller of oil, from Middle English ele ‘oil’ + man ‘man’.
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A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.
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A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.
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A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
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Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
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An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
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Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
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Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
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Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
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The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
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Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
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Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
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Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
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The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
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Most eastern.
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Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
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A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.
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The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.
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The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.
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Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).
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The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.