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GAMBLE
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American, British, English, French
Fortune; A Gamble; Variant of Chauncey
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English
English : patronymic from Gamble.
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English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch : nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.
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Hindu
Gambler, Rogue
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English
English : variant spelling of Gamble.
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English
English : from Old French chea(u)nce ‘(good) fortune’ (a derivative of cheoir ‘to fall (out)’, Latin cadere), a nickname for an inveterate gambler, for someone considered fortunate or well favored, or perhaps for someone who had survived an accident by a remarkable piece of luck.Americanized form of German Tschantz or Schantz.
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English
Chancellor; secretary; fortune; a gamble.
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English French
Chancellor; secretary; fortune; a gamble.
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French English
Fortune; a gamble.
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English
English : from the Old Norse byname Gamall meaning ‘old’, which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name.Altered spelling of German Gambel.
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English and French
English and French : nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).French (Fortuné) : from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fÅr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tÅ«n ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.
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English : from Middle English dyse, dyce ‘die’, ‘dice’, ‘chance’, ‘luck’, probably applied as a nickname for an habitual dice player or gambler or as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of dice. Compare Deas.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Deiss.
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English French
Fortune; a gamble.
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English
English : variant of Gamble.
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English
English : from a pet form of Gamel, from the Old Norse personal name Gamall (see Gamble).Americanized form of French Gamelin.
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Tamil
Gambler, Rogue
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English
English : variant of Gamble.Respelling of German Gammel.
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German
German : from a variant of the Germanic personal name Gambert, or some other personal name formed with Old High German gam(an) ‘joy’, ‘play’.English : variant spelling of Gamble.
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American, Anglo, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Latin
Church Official; Chancellor; A Gamble; Good Fortune; Contraction of Chancellor
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English American Latin French
Chancellor; secretary; fortune; a gamble.
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v. i.
To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
v. i.
To play or game for money or other stake.
n.
An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.
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A notorious gambler.
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One who gambles.
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Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
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A gamester; a gambler.
imp. & p. p.
of Gamble
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Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gamble
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A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
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To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
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A sportsman; a gambler.
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To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.
v. t.
To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.