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about in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. About may refer to: About (surname) About.com, an online source for original information and advice about.me
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About us may refer to: About Us (novel), 1967 a novel by Chester Aaron "About Us" (song), a 2007 song by Brooke Hogan About Us (album), a 2019 album by
About_us
2002 American film
About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film
About_Schmidt
American multinational technology company
American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting
1998 film by Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ed Decter and
There's_Something_About_Mary
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up about time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. About Time may refer to: About Time (1962 film), a film in the Bell Laboratory Science Series About Time
About_Time
2022 film by Maryus Vaysberg
About Fate is a 2022 American romantic comedy film directed by Maryus Vaysberg from a screenplay by Tiffany Paulsen. It is a remake of the 1976 Soviet
About_Fate
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About You may refer to: About You (company), a German fashion online retailer "About You" (Shane Filan song), 2013 "About You", a song by Paul McCartney
About_You
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Look up it's about time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. It's About Time may refer to: It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity, a 2005
It's_About_Time
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Look up about-face, about-turn, or about turn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. About Face may refer to: About-face, a drill command in which a unit
About_Face
American television sitcom (1992–1999, 2019)
Mad About You is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City as they navigate life together
Mad_About_You
2009 Iranian film
About Elly (Persian: درباره الی, translit. Darbāre-ye Eli) is a 2009 Iranian drama film. The fourth film by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the film examines
About_Elly
2012 American film
About Cherry is a 2012 American drama film and the directorial debut of Stephen Elliott. It is based on a script written by Elliott and porn industry
About_Cherry
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About a Boy may refer to: About a Boy (novel), a 1998 novel by British writer Nick Hornby About a Boy (film), a 2002 film starring Hugh Grant, directed
About_a_Boy
2024 television series
Those About to Die is an epic historical drama television series developed by Robert Rodat and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner based
Those_About_to_Die
Marble mausoleum in Agra, India
in the south with a system of ventilation shafts. The interior walls are about 25 metres (82 ft) high and are topped by a "false" interior dome decorated
Taj_Mahal
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Mad About the Boy may refer to: Mad About the Boy (song), a song by Noel Coward Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story, a 2023 documentary about Noel
Mad_About_the_Boy
2024 South Korean film by Yang Woo-suk
About Family (Korean: 대가족) is a 2024 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Yang Woo-suk, starring Kim Yoon-seok, Lee Seung-gi, Kim Sung-ryung
About_Family
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About Me may refer to: about.me, web hosting service "About Me" (song), 2004 song by Hikaru Utada All About Me (disambiguation) All pages with titles
About_Me
Comedy play by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. The play was included in the First Folio, published
Much_Ado_About_Nothing
1950 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short
All_About_Eve
Largest city in Nebraska, US
It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha had a population
Omaha,_Nebraska
1972 single by Lyn Collins
"Think (About It)" is a funk song recorded by Lyn Collins and released as a single on James Brown's People Records in 1972. The recording was produced
Think_(About_It)
Edible fruit
to fit amongst the branches. Trees grafted on dwarfing rootstocks bear about 10–80 kg (20–180 lb) of fruit per year. Some farms with apple orchards open
Apple
Personal web hosting service
about.me is a personal web hosting service co-founded by Ryan Freitas, Tony Conrad and Tim Young in October 2009. The site offers registered users a simple
About.me
Region in East Asia
population and Buddhists 1.5%. Islam in South Korea is practised by about 45,000 natives (about 0.09% of the population) in addition to some 100,000 foreign
Korea
1996 single by Michael Jackson
"They Don't Care About Us" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on April 8, 1996, in the UK, and April 23 in the US. It was the
They_Don't_Care_About_Us
Animated sitcom
Fugget About It (French: Faut pas rêver!) is a Canadian adult animated sitcom created by Nicholas Tabarrok and Willem Wennekers for Teletoon's late night
Fugget_About_It
into the depths of intergalactic space. The dark side of the Moon receives about the same amount of light from the Sun as the near side. The supposed "darkness"
List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_science,_technology,_and_mathematics
1986 British TV series or programme
Beadle's About is a British television programme hosted and written by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes, filmed
Beadle's_About
British TV sitcom (1973–1976)
Man About the House is a British sitcom created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. It starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha
Man_About_the_House
2019 film
About Endlessness (Swedish: Om det oändliga) is a 2019 Swedish drama film directed by Roy Andersson. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at
About_Endlessness
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Forget about it (catchphrase) associated with the American mafia Forget About It, eighth studio album by Alison Krauss Forget About It (film), 2006 film
Forget_about_it
Genus of flowering plants
Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common
Limonium
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940)
Interview with Christopher Hitchens and Robert Service about Leon Trotsky Newspaper clippings about Leon Trotsky in the 20th Century Press Archives of the
Leon_Trotsky
Small domesticated carnivorous mammal
Asia, including 58 million in China. About 73.8 million cats are estimated to live in the United States, and about 10.9 million cats in the United Kingdom
Cat
Idiom
Look up see a man about a dog in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To see a man about a dog, horse or duck is an idiom, especially British English, of apology
See_a_man_about_a_dog
2022 single by Lizzo
"About Damn Time" is a song by American singer and rapper Lizzo, released on April 14, 2022, by Nice Life Recordings and Atlantic Records as the lead
About_Damn_Time
2014 American film
About Alex is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Jesse Zwick. The film stars Nate Parker, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace and Max Greenfield
About_Alex
2022 psychological drama film by Jun Lana
About Us But Not About Us is a 2022 Philippine psychological drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Jun Robles Lana. The film stars Romnick Sarmenta
About_Us_But_Not_About_Us
Song by Duke Ellington and Bob Russell
"I Didn't Know About You" is a song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Bob Russell. Recorded in 1944 with vocal by Joya Sherrill, it was
I_Didn't_Know_About_You
Internet chess website
community where anybody from anywhere can come to discuss anything they want about chess." Grandmaster Raymond Keene described chessgames.com as "one of the
Chessgames.com
Topics referred to by the same term
What About Us may refer to: What About Us (Livin Out Loud album) or the title song, 2006 What About Us?, by Ruth-Ann Boyle, 2007 "What About Us?" (Brandy
What_About_Us
Film by Richard Curtis
About Time is a 2013 romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill
About_Time_(2013_film)
American digital media company
People Inc. (formerly The Mining Company, About.com, Dotdash and Dotdash Meredith) is an American digital media company based in New York City owned by
People_Inc.
Surname list
About is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885), French novelist, publicist, and journalist
About_(surname)
French politician (born 1947)
Nicolas About (born 14 July 1947) is a French politician and anti-cultist from the centrist MoDem. He was a member of the French Senate and President
Nicolas_About
Standard defining codes for currencies
numeric codes for the representation of currencies, and provides information about the relationships between currencies and their minor units. This data is
ISO_4217
2017 studio album by Muna
About U is the debut studio album by American band Muna, released through RCA Records on February 3, 2017. It is a dark-pop, synth-pop, and dance-pop
About_U
Topics referred to by the same term
What's It All About may refer to: What's It All About (Lil' Chris album), 2008 What's It All About (Pat Metheny album), 2011 "What's It All About" (song),
What's_It_All_About
1997 book by Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! is a 1997 book written by Robert T. Kiyosaki and
Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad
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About Love may refer to: "About Love" (short story), an 1898 Russian short story by Anton Chekhov About Love (album), a 2009 album by the Plastiscines
About_Love
American actress and producer (born 1993)
"Leave It All to Me". In early 2009, she released her debut extended play, About You Now. The following year, she released her debut studio album, Sparks
Miranda_Cosgrove
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About a Girl may refer to: "About a Girl" (Nirvana song) "About a Girl" (Sugababes song) "About a Girl" (The Academy Is... song) About a Girl (album),
About_a_Girl
American journalist (1929–2022)
from Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York. Walters was employed for about a year at a small advertising agency in New York City and began working
Barbara_Walters
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It's About Love may refer to: "It's About Love", a song by En Vogue from EV3 (1997) "It's About Love", a song by The Medic Droid from their self-titled
It's_About_Love
2005 film by Jessica Nilsson
All About Anna is a 2005 Danish erotic film directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration
All_About_Anna
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About Last Night may refer to: About Last Night (1986 film), an American comedy-drama directed by Edward Zwick About Last Night (2014 film), an American
About_Last_Night
Aspect of terminology
Aboutness is a term used in library and information science (LIS), linguistics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. In general, the term refers
Aboutness
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap. I'm a one-eyed Negro who's Jewish." This was to become a signature
Sammy_Davis_Jr.
End of an organism's life
about to begin. From the mid-18th century onwards, there was an upsurge in the public's fear of being mistakenly buried alive and much debate about the
Death
2002 American film
All About the Benjamins is a 2002 American buddy action comedy film directed by Kevin Bray. The film follows a bounty hunter (Ice Cube, who co-wrote the
All_About_the_Benjamins
Group of ancient Mesopotamian deities
Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. In the earliest Sumerian writings about them, which come from the Post-Akkadian period, the Anunnaki are deities
Anunnaki
1987 album by Big Black
Songs About Fucking is the second and final studio album by American rock band Big Black, released on September 10, 1987, by Touch and Go Records. The
Songs_About_Fucking
American singer and actress (born 1971)
black experience through the lens of women rather than necessarily singing about black trauma. Treva B. Lindsey, in her piece "If You Look in My Life: Love
Mary_J._Blige
1957 studio album by Miles Davis
'Round About Midnight is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis with his quintet. It was released by Columbia Records in March
'Round_About_Midnight
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talk about in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Talk About may refer to: "Talk About" (song), a 2021 song by Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman "Talk About",
Talk_About
1991 film directed by Frank Oz
What About Bob? is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a mentally
What_About_Bob?
Universal Pictures media franchise
The Mummy is a media franchise based on films by Universal Pictures about a mummified ancient Egyptian priest who is accidentally resurrected, bringing
The_Mummy_(franchise)
2005 Swedish film directed by Othman Karim
About Sara (Swedish: Om Sara) is a 2005 Swedish drama film directed by Othman Karim. It won the Golden George at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival
About_Sara
2002 studio album by Maroon 5
Songs About Jane is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. The album was released on June 25, 2002, by Octone. It became a sleeper
Songs_About_Jane
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All About You or All About U may refer to: All About You (film), a 2001 American romantic comedy All About You (TV series), a 1970s American educational
All_About_You
Country in Oceania
than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres
Fiji
American actress (born 1962)
and kills rich men. She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom What About Joan? in 2001 and the hit film Arlington Road (1999). For many years, Cusack
Joan_Cusack
2014 single by Meghan Trainor
"All About That Bass" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, released on June 30, 2014, through Epic Records. The song was
All_About_That_Bass
American political commentator (born 1984)
Americans. In 2017, he released his only novel, True Allegiance, a book about "An illegal immigrant crisis breaking out along America's Southern border"
Ben_Shapiro
2012 studio album by Pink
The Truth About Love is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink. It was released on September 14, 2012, through RCA Records. After giving
The_Truth_About_Love
Solid-state electrically operated switch also used as an amplifier
States in 1926 and 1928. However, he did not publish any research articles about his devices nor did his patents cite any specific examples of a working
Transistor
Incidents due to similarities with the word "nigger"
After public pressure, an internal review into the matter was brought about, and the mayor offered Howard the chance to return to his position at the
Controversies about the word niggardly
Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly
Third astrological sign of the zodiac
zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this zodiac sign between about May 22 to June 21. Gemini is represented by the twins, Castor and Pollux
Gemini_(astrology)
Cognitive bias about one's own skill
skill levels. There is also disagreement about where the effect applies and about how strong it is, as well as about the practical consequences of the effect
Dunning–Kruger_effect
Grouping by physical or social qualities
as members of a race for political reasons. When people define and talk about a particular conception of race, they create a social reality through which
Race_(human_categorization)
2025 single by Kali Uchis and Ravyn Lenae
"Cry About It!" is a song by American singers Kali Uchis and Ravyn Lenae. It was released on September 11, 2025, by Capitol Records as a single from Uchis'
Cry_About_It!
List of software distributions using the Linux kernel
This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections
List_of_Linux_distributions
American actor and singer (born 1994)
Resuming Ansel Elgort-Ken Watanabe HBO Max Drama 'Tokyo Vice'; And What About That 'Heat' Prequel?". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on
Ansel_Elgort
Anxiety disorder
called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT results in resolution for about half of people. In some instances, those with a diagnosis of agoraphobia
Agoraphobia
2000 single by Dr. Dre featuring Eminem
"Forgot About Dre" is a song by American rapper and producer Dr. Dre featuring American rapper Eminem. It was released on January 29, 2000 as the second
Forgot_About_Dre
Star at the centre of the Solar System
000 to 28,000 light-years. Its mean distance from Earth is about 1.496×108 kilometres or about 8 light-minutes. The distance between the Sun and the Earth
Sun
Indian spiritual godman (1926–2011)
community of religious musicians and balladeers. Almost everything known about Sathya Sai Baba's early life stems from the hagiography that grew around
Sathya_Sai_Baba
Topics referred to by the same term
Something to Talk About may refer to: Something to Talk About (album), a 1986 album by Anne Murray "Something to Talk About" (Badly Drawn Boy song), a
Something_to_Talk_About
Islamist suicide terrorist attacks
after the service departed King's Cross, by which time it had travelled about 500 yards (450 m). The explosion occurred at the rear of the first car of
7_July_2005_London_bombings
Large clade of flowering plants
members of a large clade (monophyletic group) of flowering plants, containing about 70,000 species, more than a quarter of all angiosperms. The clade is divided
Rosids
Species of wooly domesticated mammal
on the Great Plains of North America about 40 million years ago and subsequently migrated to South America about three million years ago during the Great
Llama
Airline of the United States
and Doug Brooks was announced as the new independent chair of the board. About 83% of Southwest employees are members of a union. The Southwest Airline
Southwest_Airlines
Messianic figure in Islamic eschatology
political interests, especially anti-Abbasid sentiments. These traditions about the Mahdi appeared only at later times in hadith books such as Sunan Abi
Mahdi
1999 studio album by Alison Krauss
Forget About It is the third solo studio album by Alison Krauss, released in 1999. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The lead
Forget_About_It
Topics referred to by the same term
Talk About It may refer to: Talk About It (EP), a 1997 EP by Glenn Hughes, featuring a song from the album Addiction Talk About It (album), a 2001 album
Talk_About_It
Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter (born 1994)
downtime. After receiving positive feedback from a basketball teammate about his poetry in 2016, he began releasing and promoting music through his SoundCloud
Dax_(rapper)
2015 American film
About Scout (originally titled Scout) is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Laurie Weltz. The film stars India Ennenga, James Frecheville
About_Scout
Topics referred to by the same term
How About You may refer to: How About You (film), a 2007 Irish film "How About You?", a 1941 song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed "How
How_About_You
ABOUT
ABOUT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the Norman personal name Aschetil (see Haskell).Stephen Hasket, a soap boiler and merchant of Salem, MA, was a native of Henstridge, Somerset, England. He came to Salem from Exeter, Devon, about 1666. His son Elias, born at Salem, went on to become governor of New Providence, Bahamas, before the people there revolted and sent him back to NY.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
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 : perhaps a habitational name from Kitcham in Devon, but more likely a reduced form of Kitchenham, a habitational name from a place so named in East Sussex.Edward Ketcham (d. 1655) immigrated from Cambridge, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1629–30, and subsequently moved to Stratford, CT.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of about 20 places so named for having a farmhouse with an upper story (see Loftus).English : variant of Loftus.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, named in Old English with the personal name Hod + dūn ‘hill’.The earliest known bearer of this name is Norman de Hoddesdon, recorded in 1165–66. The surname was taken to America by Nicholas Hodsdon in about 1628, from whom probably all current U.S. bearers of the name are descended.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman French personal name Mahieu, a variant of Mathieu (see Matthew).Anglicized form of French Mailloux.Thomas Mayhew (1593–1682) came to Medford, MA, from Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1632, and subsequently moved to Watertown, MA. In 1642 he established a settlement on Martha’s Vineyard, with his son Thomas, who was the first English missionary to the Indians of New England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Madde, a form of Maud (see Mould 1) or Magdalen (see Maudlin).James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the U.S. (1809–17), was born in VA, the son of a planter. He was descended from John Madison, a ship’s carpenter from Gloucester, England, who had settled in VA in about 1653.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a tall (Middle English long ‘long’) person who was a good companion (felagh, felaw ‘partner’, ‘comrade’).The name made famous in America by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) of Portland, ME, was introduced to North America by William Longfellow of Yorkshire, England, who settled in Newbury, MA, about 1676.
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales)
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : most probably from the Norman personal name Luce (a vernacular form of Latin Lucia or Lucius). This is generally a female name, although male bearers are found in France. It was borne by a young Sicilian maiden and an aged Roman widow, both of whom were martyred under Diocletian and are venerated as saints.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : Alternatively, the surname may be a variant of Lewis.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : American bearers of this surname are descended from Henry Luce (1640–c.1688), who came to Scituate, MA, from south Wales in or before 1666, and moved to Martha’s Vineyard, MA, in about 1670. He had many prominent descendants.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Dorset, and Suffolk, so called from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + brÅc ‘stream’. The name has probably absorbed the Dutch surname van Hoobroek, found in London in the early 17th century, and possibly a similar Low German surname (Holbrock or Halbrock). Several American bearers of the name in the 1880 census give their place of birth as Oldenburg or Hannover, Germany.This name was first taken to America by the brothers Thomas and John Holbrook, who emigrated to MA in the 17th century; their line can be traced back to Dundry, Somerset, England, in the first half of the 16th century. Other English bearers who started early lines of descent in the New World are Joseph Ho(u)lbrook of Warrington, Lancashire, who emigrated to MD as an indentured servant in the later 17th century; Randolph Holbrook, who was in VA in the 1720s but later returned to Nantwich, Cheshire; and Rev. John Holbrook, who emigrated from Handbury, Staffordshire, to NJ in about 1723. The spelling Haulbrook originated in GA in the 1870s, reflecting the southern U.S. pronunciation of the name.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : occupational name for a maker of helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm 2.English : variant of Holmer.Americanized form of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek Homēros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church.Slovenian : topographic name for someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.The American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was of old New England stock dating back to Captain John Homer, an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic in his own ship and settled in Boston about 1636.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.According to family lore, this name was brought to the southern States by a certain Isaac I. Kirksey in the second half of the 17th century. He is believed to have been born in about 1660, probably in one of the midland counties of England.
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : habitational name from Look in Puncknowle, Dorset, named in Old English with lūce ‘enclosure’.English : possibly a variant of Luck 3.Northern English and Scottish : from a vernacular pet form of Lucas.Dutch (van Look) : topographic name from look ‘enclosure’ or habitational name from a place named with this word.Thomas Look (b. c. 1622) was in Lynn, MA, by 1646. His son, also called Thomas (b. 1646), moved to Martha’s Vineyard about 1670.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at a house on a hill, Middle English hill + hus.Scottish and northern Irish : habitational name from any of several minor places so called in Ayrshire.Rev. James Hillhouse, the first minister of Montville, CT, came to America from Co. Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720. His grandson James Hillhouse was a Federalist congressman from CT and treasurer of Yale College from 1782 to 1832.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from an unidentified place.Thomas Howerton came from England in about 1663 to Rappahannock CO., VA.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Mayhew.Variant of French Mailhot.A William Mayo born in Wiltshire, England, c. 1684 was a surveyor who settled in VA about 1623 and helped survey the VA-NC boundary and found Richmond and Petersburg, VA. [newpara]The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, was founded by William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911), who immigrated to the U.S. from England, in 1845, and his sons, all gifted and innovative physicians and surgeons.
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 (Kent and Sussex)
English (Kent and Sussex) : habitational name from any of various places of this name, in particular one in the parish of Perching, Sussex, recorded as Homwood in about 1280; there were others in Chailey and Forest Row in Sussex. All are probably named from Middle English home ‘homestead’, ‘manor’ + wode ‘wood’.
ABOUT
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Boy/Male
British, English, French, Hindu, Indian
Little Cow; From French
Boy/Male
Teutonic German Hebrew
warrior.
Boy/Male
British, English, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Youthful
Boy/Male
Muslim
Courier of the truth i.e. Allah
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Silk; Ayurvedic Medicine; Silken; Atom; Atom of Museum; Silky; Sweet Revenge
Boy/Male
Muslim
Wealthy
Boy/Male
Tamil
To whom salutation is given
Girl/Female
Indian
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English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern), Dutch, and North German
English (mainly southern), Dutch, and North German : occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English pipere, Middle Dutch pi(j)per, Middle Low German piper.Translation of German Pfeiffer, or of the French secondary surname Lefifre.
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v. i.
To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter.
n.
A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.
n.
Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.
n. pl.
A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
n.
One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.
n.
A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
n.
A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
n.
A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
v. i.
To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.
n.
One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
n.
To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
n.
A tree (Cookia punctata) of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor.
adv.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time.
n.
A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.
adv.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
n.
Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.
n.
A cloth or wrapper worn about the waist; by extension, such a garment worn about the hips and passing between the thighs.
adv.
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
n.
A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.