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Any cause that reduces reproductive success in a proportion of a population
Evolutionary pressure, selective pressure or selection pressure is exerted by factors that reduce or increase reproductive success in a portion of a population
Evolutionary_pressure
Concept in epidemiology
be necessary regardless of sex. Herd immunity itself acts as an evolutionary pressure on pathogens, influencing viral evolution by encouraging the production
Herd_immunity
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
is fully expanded and functional. Flowering plants usually face evolutionary pressure to optimise the transfer of their pollen, and this is typically
Flower
Diversity and variations in ecosystems
deciduous forests all are formed as a result of evolutionary pressures. Even seemingly small evolutionary interactions can have large impacts on the diversity
Ecosystem_diversity
Island off the coast of Brazil
ocean levels disconnected the island from the mainland. The ensuing evolutionary pressure allowed the snakes to adapt to their new environment, increasing
Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande
The large canine teeth of a chimpanzee in Kibale. The main evolutionary pressure behind male chimpanzees' canine tooth size is socio-behavioral: displays
Ngogo_chimpanzee_war
Evolution of crustaceans into crab-like forms
cephalothorax across disparate decapod species suggest similar evolutionary pressures. Some occurrences of carcinisation are derived from convergent but
Carcinisation
demonstrating that around 1.2 million years ago there was a strong evolutionary pressure which acted on the development of dark skin pigmentation in early
Human_skin_color
Locally adapted variety of a species
area to breed feral populations that form new landraces through evolutionary pressure. There are differences between authoritative sources on the specific
Landrace
Change in the heritable traits of populations
of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as genetic drift and natural selection act on genetic
Evolution
extant aquatic organisms possess homogeneous lenses; presumably the evolutionary pressure for a heterogeneous lens is great enough for this stage to be quickly
Eye
Origin and diversification of primates through geologic time
The evolutionary history of the primates can be traced back 57-90 million years. One of the oldest known primate-like mammal species, Plesiadapis, came
Evolution_of_primates
Hypothesis about human childbirth
difference is due to the biological trade-off imposed by two opposing evolutionary pressures in the development of the human pelvis: smaller birth canals in
Obstetrical_dilemma
Fire resistant plants
amber specimens. These indicate that frequent fires have exerted an evolutionary pressure on flowering plants ever since their origins in the Cretaceous,
Pyrophyte
Origin and diversification of cephalopods through geologic time
thought that competitive pressure from fish forced the shelled forms into deeper water, which provided an evolutionary pressure towards shell loss and gave
Evolution_of_cephalopods
Cheating, adultery, or having an affair
beyond actual gender and evolutionary pressures associated with each. There is currently debate in the field of evolutionary psychology whether an innate
Infidelity
Plant considered undesirable in a particular place or situation
continue and develop, weeds evolve further, with humans exerting evolutionary pressure upon weeds through manipulating their habitat and attempting to
Weed
of the evolutionary pressures placed on the lysogenic virus as a result of its inability to enter into the lytic cycle. This selective pressure resulted
Evolution of sexual reproduction
Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction
Muscle of the upper limb
is no apparent evolutionary pressure (positive or negative) concerning the muscle, it has remained largely unaffected by evolutionary processes. Palmaris
Palmaris_longus_muscle
Application of natural systems to technology
between lifeforms and manufactured objects is desirable because evolutionary pressure typically forces living organisms—fauna and flora—to become optimized
Bionics
Aspect of animal behaviour and morphology
methods of camouflage are employed in nature. There is a strong evolutionary pressure for prey animals to avoid predators through camouflage, and for
Crypsis
Similar evolution in distinct species
related, but share a similar original trait in response to similar evolutionary pressure. Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features
Parallel_evolution
Concept in educational psychology
collaboration as a tool for success. Meyer used the concepts of Cognitive Evolutionary Pressure and Cognitive Empathetic Resonance to provide a theoretical underpinning
Zone_of_proximal_development
Archaic human species from 2.4 to 1.65 mya
hypotheses regarding this are: meat is energy- and nutrient-rich and put evolutionary pressure on developing enhanced cognitive skills to facilitate strategic
Homo_habilis
Family of birds
morphological, but slow genetic evolution, which would require a very high evolutionary pressure, coupled with a long lifespan and slow reproduction. The earliest
Auk
Reproductive process
decreased chances of producing offspring. Sperm competition is an evolutionary pressure on males, and has led to the development of adaptations to increase
Sperm_competition
Extinct genus of cambrian radiodont
innards. This behaviour was originally thought to have provided an evolutionary pressure for trilobites to roll up, to avoid being flexed until they snapped
Anomalocaris
Agonistic behaviors
display, color changes, and flared gills. Aggression is an important evolutionary pressure that increases an individual's access to resources while reducing
Fish_aggression
Group of crustaceans
other animals. The evolutionary palaeobiologist Matthew Wills comments that all the crabs are decapods, and the evolutionary pressures apply in a marine
Crab
The evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory is a conceptual framework which seeks to explain trends in violent and criminal behavior from an evolutionary
Evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory
Evolutionary_neuroandrogenic_theory
Desirable qualities in partners
a romantic or sexual partner. Research across many domains, such as evolutionary biology, psychology, and anthropology, shows that humans display both
Mate_choice_in_humans
Species of carnivorous plant
longitudinally. Once adequately "wrapped", escape would be more difficult. Evolutionary pressure then selected for plants with shorter response time, in a manner
Venus_flytrap
Branch of psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks
Evolutionary_psychology
Class of mollusks
Competitive pressure from fish is thought to have forced the shelled forms into deeper water, which provided an evolutionary pressure towards shell
Cephalopod
Concept in fiction or futuristic applications
pleasure. Wireheading is so powerful and easy that it becomes an evolutionary pressure, selecting against that portion of humanity without self-control
Wirehead_(science_fiction)
Genetic diversity in human populations
African, south European, Arabian, and Indian populations, due to the evolutionary pressure from mosquitos carrying malaria in these regions. New findings show
Human_genetic_variation
coupling analysis). Such a direct relationship can for example be the evolutionary pressure for two positions to maintain mutual compatibility in the biomolecular
Direct_coupling_analysis
Form of collective animal behaviour
form cooperative societies. Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures. For example, when a mother wasp stays near her larvae in the nest
Sociality
Class of extinct, Paleozoic arthropods
change in lifestyle during development has significance in terms of evolutionary pressure, as the trilobite could pass through several ecological niches on
Trilobite
Biological entity that causes disease in its host
antibiotics, such as prematurely ended prescriptions exposing bacteria to evolutionary pressure under sublethal doses, some bacterial pathogens have developed antibiotic
Pathogen
Aspect of T-cell interactions
The germline model suggests that MHC restriction is a result of evolutionary pressure favoring T cell receptors that are capable of binding to MHC. The
MHC_restriction
Human evolution hypothesis
enhancing their competitive edge in acquiring prey. Consequently, these evolutionary pressures have led to the prominence of endurance running as a primary factor
Endurance_running_hypothesis
Rift lake in East-Central Africa
the result of the highly diverse habitats in Lake Tanganyika and evolutionary pressure from snail-eating fish and, in particular, Platythelphusa crabs
Lake_Tanganyika
Evolutionary process
it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly,
Adaptation
major radiation events that mark diversification and speciation in the evolutionary history of Cetacea. The first occurred around the middle Eocene (40 Mya)
Evolution_of_cetaceans
Transfer of substances by passing through space between cells
the intestine. This has been hypothesized to compensate for an evolutionary pressure to reduce mass in flying animals, which resulted in a reduction
Paracellular_transport
Scientific theory in vertebrate development
selection (e.g., better locomotion). The evolutionary pressure decreases with better symmetry. Accordingly, the pressure decreases as a body part is less associated
Axial_twist_theory
shared evolutionary attribute, as both animals and plants share a huge amount of homology between their pathways. The third is that there is evolutionary pressure
Xenohormesis
Coexistence of different taxa in the same environment
mechanism may lead to sympatric speciation within a shared habitat. Evolutionary pressure Ring species Selection Pieris oleracea Futuyma 2009, pp. 448, G-9
Sympatry
Genus of flowering plants
evidence that secondary, pollen-collecting pollinators imposed any evolutionary pressure on floral traits. In cases where pollinators are scarce, columbines
Aquilegia
Origin and variation of colour vision across various lineages through geologic time
by the mechanism of gene duplication, being under unusually high evolutionary pressure to develop color vision better than the mammalian standard. Ability
Evolution_of_color_vision
Humans falling in love with artificial entities
Research has suggested that humans evolved social bonds as a result of evolutionary pressures that favored cooperation, information exchange and transmission
Artificial_intimacy
Chemical compound
allows insects to bite them more easily. It has been proposed that evolutionary pressure selected for the behavior of rubbing these plants because of their
Nepetalactone
Cultural idea that spreads through imitation
it encapsulates that key unit of inherited expression subject to evolutionary pressures. To illustrate, she notes evolution selects for the gene for features
Meme
View that prejudice has a functional utility in evolutionary processes
Some evolutionary theorists consider prejudice as having functional utility in evolutionary process. A number of evolutionary psychologists in particular
Prejudice from an evolutionary perspective
Prejudice_from_an_evolutionary_perspective
Type of chemical used to kill unwanted plants
well as the strong evolutionary pressure on the affected weeds. Three agricultural practices account for the evolutionary pressure upon weeds to evolve
Herbicide
Species of burrowing bee from Australia
surface earlier in the day than major males. This may be due to an evolutionary pressure which forces smaller males to emerge earlier than their larger counterparts
Amegilla_dawsoni
to not respond while others do. Immunodominance is influenced by evolutionary pressures that shape the immune system's capacity to respond effectively to
Immunodominance
Evolutionary hypothesis
use, because it tells nothing about the evolutionary pressure on mammals. For example, the selection pressure of grass fields in tropical forests is incomparable
Savannah_hypothesis
Overview of and topical guide to change in the heritable characteristics of organisms
reproduction Evolutionary arms race – Concept in Evolution Evolutionary capacitance – Evolutionary biology hypothesis Evolutionary fauna Evolutionary pressure –
Outline_of_evolution
Hypothetical event
would be powerless to stop them. Alternatively, AIs developed under evolutionary pressure to promote their own survival could outcompete humanity. Bostrom
Technological_singularity
Capability to tell about things not present
have been the evolutionary pressure leading to language development in humans, as outlined by Derek Bickerton in Adam's Tongue. The pressure of such need
Displacement_(linguistics)
Extinct species of shark
evolutionary convergence, which is when two unrelated groups or species develop similar appearance and anatomy due to similar evolutionary pressures.
Otodus_obliquus
Loss and regain of color vision during the evolution of primates
have been maintained. There exist several theories for the main evolutionary pressure that caused primates to evolve trichromatic color vision, namely
Evolution of color vision in primates
Evolution_of_color_vision_in_primates
Hormones and neuropeptides
(2): 49–56. doi:10.14712/fb2012058020049. PMID 22578954. Positive evolutionary pressure has apparently preserved the ability to synthesize chemically authentic
Endorphins
Biological evolution of Homo sapiens from 50,000 years ago until present
Recent human evolution refers to evolutionary adaptation, sexual and natural selection, and genetic drift within Homo sapiens populations, since their
Recent_human_evolution
Theories that lend some explanation to the causes of sexual violence
socioeconomics, anger, power, sadism, traits, ethical standards, laws, and evolutionary pressures. Most of the research on the causes of sexual violence has focused
Causes_of_sexual_violence
Concept in Evolution
In evolutionary biology, an evolutionary arms race is an ongoing struggle between competing sets of co-evolving genes, phenotypic and behavioral traits
Evolutionary_arms_race
Severity of disease pathogens on its host
the pathogen that help make the host ill—and ultimate causes—the evolutionary pressures that lead to virulent traits occurring in a pathogen strain. The
Virulence
Growth of a plant in response to a water stimulus
the amount of water readily available to the plants. Thus, strong evolutionary pressure was put on the ability to find more water. Plants recognize water
Hydrotropism
Having no mechanism to prevent desiccation
exchange and limited water loss. This provided strong selective evolutionary pressure towards individuals that were the most energy efficient. Two major
Poikilohydry
Evolutionary process
hominid family of primates, which includes all the great apes. Over their evolutionary history, humans gradually developed traits such as bipedalism, dexterity
Human_evolution
Consumption of one's own offspring
environment, it is a way to recoup reproductive investment. It puts evolutionary pressure on offspring to make the offspring develop quicker. It may increase
Filial_cannibalism
Efforts to promote antimicrobial agents
used, whether or not that use is justified, it applies selective evolutionary pressure to microbial populations which can result in acquired antimicrobial
Antimicrobial_stewardship
2006 book by Richard Lynn
argues that racial differences in brain size indicates different evolutionary pressure on intelligence. Mackintosh argues that the cranial capacity of
Race Differences in Intelligence (book)
Race_Differences_in_Intelligence_(book)
Work on the effects of separating infants and young children from their mother
the mechanisms underlying an infant's ties emerged as a result of evolutionary pressure. Bowlby claimed to have made good the "deficiencies of the data
Maternal_deprivation
Extinct hominin from the Early Pleistocene of East Africa
hypotheses regarding this are: meat is energy- and nutrient-rich and put evolutionary pressure on developing enhanced cognitive skills to facilitate strategic
Homo_rudolfensis
Kingdom of land bacteria
and Chloroflexota. It derives its name (terra = "land") from the evolutionary pressures of life on land. Bacillati possess important adaptations such as
Bacillati
Two rules about the percentage of A, C, G, and T in DNA strands
entropy principle alone, rather than from biological or environmental evolutionary pressure. The following table is a representative sample of Erwin Chargaff's
Chargaff's_rules
San Francisco Bay Area–based author and futurist
further argued that the problem will diminish as human needs exert evolutionary pressure of their own to cause the algorithms to improve. The two articles
Jamais_Cascio
Species of spider in the family Theridiidae
this unnamed Theridion species may have evolved under similar evolutionary pressures as T. grallator. Despite some variations in the bodily appearance
Theridion_grallator
Theory in human biology
the range set by evolutionary pressure due to the risk of starvation if too much weight is lost and the upper bound set by pressure due to increased risk
Set_point_theory
Each side of the forebrain represents the opposite side of the body
strong integration in external body structures, so there is no evolutionary pressure to make them turn in a similar way. Rather, these organs retain
Contralateral_brain
Aspect of decision and prospect theories
are theorized to be hardwired for loss aversion due to asymmetric evolutionary pressure on losses and gains: "for an organism operating close to the edge
Loss_aversion
Species of rodent
on a diet containing free sugars. This is thought to be due to evolutionary pressure arising from the lack of availability of free sugars in the degu's
Common_degu
Social system with male rule
resources that can help her and her offspring, which in turn causes an evolutionary pressure on males to be competitive with each other in order to gain resources
Patriarchy
human newborns compared to other primates is believed to be due to evolutionary pressures related to walking upright. Brink, Susan (2013-02-02). "Evolution
Physiological_prematurity
Philosophical study of morality
and moral sensitivity. It interprets morality as an adaptation to evolutionary pressure that augments fitness by offering a selective advantage. Altruism
Ethics
Psychological concept
"archetypes." Jung believed that these archetypes are influenced by evolutionary pressures and manifest in the behaviors and experiences of individuals. He
Jungian_archetypes
Clade of the first four-limbed vertebrates and their descendants
inhabiting anoxic waters (very low in oxygen) would have been under evolutionary pressure to develop their air-breathing ability. Early tetrapods probably
Tetrapod
Subspecies of the giant panda
microbial composition, though it also raises questions about the evolutionary pressures that have shaped these adaptations. "Panda Qi Zai: The Only Brown
Qinling_panda
Biological phenomena found in some species
light on the complex interplay between hormones, behavior, and evolutionary pressures shaping sex-specific traits. The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a carnivorous
Transient_masculinization
Theory of human search behavior
finally stop the search. Although human cognition is not a result of evolutionary pressure to improve Web use, survival-related traits to respond quickly on
Information_foraging
Species of bird
redstart. In contrast, cuckoos do not seem to have experienced evolutionary pressure to develop eggs which closely mimic the dunnock's, as dunnocks do
Common_cuckoo
Entity with human form or characteristics
bipedalism and other humanoid skeletal changes, as a result of similar evolutionary pressures. American psychologist and Dinosaur intelligence theorist Harry
Humanoid
Art generated by an iterated process
Evolutionary art is a branch of generative art, in which the artist does not do the work of constructing the artwork, but rather lets a system do the construction
Evolutionary_art
Organism that ingests organic carbon for nutrition
became more scarce than inorganic carbon, providing a potential evolutionary pressure to become autotrophic. Following the evolution of autotrophs, heterotrophs
Heterotroph
Prolonged period of excessively hot weather
gas emissions. Heatwaves present an additional form of stress and evolutionary pressure for species that already deal with habitat loss and climate change
Heat_wave
Causal relationship in philosophy
species may find itself under evolutionary pressure to adjust to novel circumstances—which is a form of downward pressure for adjustment. Similarly, an
Downward_causation
Transmission of a symbiont from parent to offspring
promotes tightly coupled evolutionary pressure, which causes the host and symbiont to function as a holobiont. Evolutionary bottlenecks lead to less symbiont
Vertical_transmission
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Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : metonymic occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English tred(en) ‘to tread’ + well ‘well’. Fulling was the process by which newly woven cloth was cleaned and shrunk by the use of heat, water, and pressure (from treading) before finally being stretched and laid out to dry on tenter hooks.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Read 1.An early American bearer of the common British name was George Reed who emigrated from England in 1635 with his son, William, and settled in Woburn, MA, several years later. His grandson James (1722–1807), a revolutionary war soldier who distinguished himself at the battle of Bunker Hill, moved to Fitzwilliam, NH, and was one of the original NH proprietors.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).Americanized spelling of German Klee.The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic or metronymic from Eade.The inventor Thomas Alva Edison, born in 1847 in Milan, OH, came from a Canadian family first established in North America by John Edison, a loyalist during the American Revolution, who served under the British General Richard Howe and went into exile in Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from the personal name (Greek Nikolaos, from nikÄn ‘to conquer’ + laos ‘people’). Forms with -ch- are due to hypercorrection (compare Anthony). The name in various vernacular forms was popular among Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, largely as a result of the fame of a 4th-century Lycian bishop, about whom a large number of legends grew up, and who was venerated in the Orthodox Church as well as the Catholic. In English-speaking countries, this surname is also found as an Americanized form of various Greek surnames such as Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the priest’ and patronymics such as Nikolopoulos.The colonial official and revolutionary patriot Robert Carter Nicholas was from a prominent VA family on both sides. His father was a British navy surgeon who emigrated in about 1700 from Lancashire, England, to Williamsburg, VA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, or a patronymic denoting the child of a parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson).English : many early examples are found with prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson’s house.Irish : usually of English origin (see above), but sometimes a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain, which is of Highland Scottish origin (see McPherson).Members of an Irish family called Parsons wre twice created earl of Rosse, first in 1718 and again in 1806. They settled in Ireland c.1590, when two brothers, William and Laurence Parsons, were granted large estates. Birr Castle, Parsonstown, became the family seat. Samuel Holden Parsons, born Lyme, CT, in 1737 was a Connecticut legislator and revolutionary war officer. Theophilius Parsons (1750–1813) was born in Byfield, MA, and was chief justice of the MA supreme court (1806–13); his son, also Theophilius, was a professor at Harvard Law School (1848–1869).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Þorgils, composed of the name of the Norse god of thunder, Þorr + gils ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’. However, the inorganic initial s- is not easily explained; it may be the result of Old French influence.Edward Sturgis of England settled in Charlestown in 1634 and moved to Yarmouth, MA, in 1638. His descendants included a revolutionary war soldier and Cape Cod shipmaster, and a Massachusetts legislator.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. The English surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.Scottish and Irish : adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.Chinese : variant of Shao.Early American merchants and revolutionary patriots were Nathaniel Shaw (b. 1735 in New London, CT) and Samuel Shaw (b. 1754 in Boston).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : variant of Sand 1.Scottish : habitational name from Sands in Tulliallan in Fife.Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James (Sandys) Sands (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester Co., NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Couregeous; Revolutionary; Drifting about; Revolution
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.Isaac Hayne (1745–81) was an American revolutionary militia officer, executed by the British for breaking parole. He owned an ironworks and was manufacturing ammunition for the American forces when he was caught. His grandfather had emigrated from England to SC in about 1700.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in New England in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans of the revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA, in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in 1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) was a direct descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the English Puritans who settled in MA in 1630, and whose son John Hathorne was one of the judges in the Salem witchcraft trials. The writer’s father was a sea captain, as was his grandfather, the revolutionary war hero Daniel Hathorne (1731–96). The spelling of the surname was altered by the novelist.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English cald ‘cold’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another.Several Caldwells emigrated from Scotland to America by way of Ireland in the 18th century. James Caldwell (1734–81), son of settler John Caldwell, was born in Charlotte Co., VA, and was a militant clergyman during the revolutionary war. Andrew Caldwell, a Scottish farmer, emigrated to America in 1718 and started a family in Lancaster Co., PA. His son David was a Presbyterian clergyman and well-known revolutionary war patriot.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian (Dániel), Romanian, and Jewish
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian (Dániel), Romanian, and Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Daniel ‘God is my judge’, borne by a major prophet in the Bible. The major factor influencing the popularity of the personal name (and hence the frequency of the surname) was undoubtedly the dramatic story in the Book of Daniel, recounting the prophet’s steadfast adherence to his religious faith in spite of pressure and persecution from the Mesopotamian kings in whose court he served: Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar (at whose feast Daniel interpreted the mysterious message of doom that appeared on the wall, being thrown to the lions for his pains). The name was also borne by a 2nd-century Christian martyr and by a 9th-century hermit, the legend of whose life was popular among Christians during the Middle Ages; these had a minor additional influence on the adoption of the Christian name. Among Orthodox Christians in Eastern Europe the name was also popular as being that of a 4th-century Persian martyr, who was venerated in the Orthodox Church.Irish : reduced form of McDaniel, which is actually a variant of McDonnell, from the Gaelic form of Irish Donal (equivalent to Scottish Donald), erroneously associated with the Biblical personal name Daniel. See also O’Donnell.Peter Daniel was one of the pioneer settlers in the 17th century in Stafford County, VA, where he was a justice of the peace. His grandson, Peter Vivian Daniel, was a U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1841 to his death in Richmond, VA, in 1860.
Male
English
Roman Latin name derived from the word festus, FESTUS means "festival." In the bible, this is the name of the successor of Felix, the procurator of Judea who refused to bow to the pressure of the Jews who wanted him to condemn St. Paul to death for preaching. He is also known by the name Porcius.
Male
Greek
(Φῆστος) Greek form of Latin Festus, PHESTOS means "festival." In the bible, this is the name of the successor of Felix, the procurator of Judea who refused to bow to the pressure of the Jews who wanted him to condemn St. Paul to death for preaching.Â
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Boy/Male
Hebrew American English
Promise.
Boy/Male
African, American, Arabic, Bengali, Danish, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Pashtun, Persian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Crown; Jewel
Biblical
robbery
Girl/Female
Muslim
Daughter of al Mahdi (Daughter of al-mahdi)
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Latin
Divine
Girl/Female
Tamil
Linnet | லீநà¯à®¨à¯‡à®¤Â
A singing bird
Girl/Female
Tamil
A portion of wealth
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Transformer
Girl/Female
Arabic, Traditional
Examiner
Boy/Male
Celtic Irish
From the hill fort.
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EVOLUTIONARY PRESSURE
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A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
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Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
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Relating to evolution.
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A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
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Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
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A revolutionist.
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One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
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Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
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The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
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Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
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The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
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Pertaining to elocution.
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The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
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Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
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Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.
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Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism.
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One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
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One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.