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Girl/Female
English
defender of mankind.
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Alex, LEX means "defender of mankind."
Female
English
English short form of Latin Alexia, LEXIA means "defender."
Boy/Male
Greek English
Defender of men. Alexander the Great was a 4th century Macedonian king for whom the Egyptian city...
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Alexandra, LEXA means "defender of mankind."
Girl/Female
Greek
Defender of man.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Girl/Female
English American
defender of mankind.
Female
English
Short form of Latin unisex Alexus, LEXUS means "defender."
Girl/Female
Greek
Defender of man.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Lexy, LEXI means "defender of mankind."
Girl/Female
Czechoslovakian
defender of mankind.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Lexy, LEXIE means "defender of mankind."
Surname or Lastname
French
French : variant of Rivière, Rivoire, or Rivier, topographic name for someone living on the banks of a river, French rivier ‘bank’, or habitational name from any of the many places in France named with this word.English : nickname from Middle English revere ‘reiver’, ‘robber’.English : topographic name for someone who lived on the brow of a hill, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter evere ‘at the brow or edge’ (from Old English yfer, efer ‘edge’) or a habitational name from a place named with this phrase, as for example River in West Sussex or Rivar in Wiltshire.Jewish (from Italy) : habitational name from a place in Mantua named Revere.The MA patriot Paul Revere (1734–1818), who in April 1775 undertook a famous ride from Boston to Lexington to warn of the approach of British troops, was a silversmith and instrument maker. He was descended from French Huguenots called Rivoire.
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Alexandra, LEXY means "defender of mankind."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (b. 1758) and Samuel Worcester (b. 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish : occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (d. 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, in about 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic or habitational name for residence on or near land covered with ash trees. There are minor places called Ashland(s) in Hampshire and Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Galloway. Asland, a river name in Lancashire, refers to the lower reaches of what is more generally known as the Douglas river. It is named from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ + Old English lanu ‘lane’.Americanized form of Norwegian Ask(e)land (see Askeland).Probably an Americanized form of the common French Canadian name Asselin. Compare Ashline.In the U.S., Ashland is the name of two counties and at least thirteen cities, towns, and villages. Most, perhaps all, were named after Ashland in Lexington, KY, home of Henry Clay (1777–1852), who is said to have named his estate from a characteristic feature of the site, not from anyone’s surname.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Lexy, LEXINE means "defender of mankind."
Girl/Female
English Greek
Defender of mankind. Feminine of Alexander.
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n.
The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
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A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.
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The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
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A writer of a lexicon.
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The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
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A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.
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A lexicographer.
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Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
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Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
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Alt. of Lexicographical
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The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
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Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.
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The writer or maker of a vocabulary; a lexicographer.
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Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.
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The use of pretentious words, language, or style.
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One versed in lexicology.
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Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.
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See Alexipharmic.
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of Lex
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A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.