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1950 play
Background is a 1950 play by the British writer Warren Chetham-Strode. It examines the effect on the children of a married couple going through a divorce
Background_(play)
Topics referred to by the same term
music Background story Background vocals Background (play), a 1950 play by Warren Chetham-Strode Background (1953 film), a British drama Background (1973
Background
German-language identity and ancestry term
migration background (German: Migrationshintergrund) is a term used to describe people on the basis of identity and ancestry. Migration background is a variably
Migration_background
Modified third-party YouTube application
built-in ad blocker. Other features of the app included SponsorBlock, background play, free picture-in-picture (PiP), an AMOLED black theme, swipe control
YouTube_Vanced
Popular background characters from My Little Pony
The Background Six are six background characters from the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Derpy Hooves, Dr. Whooves, Lyra
Background_Six
Music that deliberately establishes mood
what people are doing, their cultural background, or even what time of day it is. Background music is commonly played where there is no audience at all,
Background_music
Sony's fourth home video game console
used for motion tracking. PlayStation Camera also features a four-channel microphone array, which helps reduce unwanted background noise and can be used for
PlayStation_4
Trace radiation from the early universe
The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR), or relic radiation, is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. With a standard
Cosmic_microwave_background
British drama by Daniel Birt
just written Child's Play for Group Three, produced by Herbert Mason. Group Three had bought the screenrights to the play Background by Warren Chetham-Strode
Background_(1953_film)
1960 album by Duke Ellington
Piano in the Background is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1960. The
Piano_in_the_Background
One-man show by Chazz Palminteri
he began writing the play after being fired from a club when, as a doorman, he refused entry to super agent Swifty Lazar. The play is largely based on
A_Bronx_Tale_(play)
Stage play written by David Adjmi
Stereophonic is a dramatic stage play with music, written by American playwright David Adjmi. Music written for the play was composed by Will Butler from
Stereophonic_(play)
Sony's video gaming brand
PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The brand is
PlayStation
defeat the Pahlavi regime by assassination and guerilla war. Although they played an important part in the chaos of 1978 before the overthrow of the regime
Background and causes of the Iranian Revolution
Background_and_causes_of_the_Iranian_Revolution
One-act play by Susan Glaspell
Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on
Trifles_(play)
Background checks for private sales of firearms in the United States
A universal background check for guns is a policy that requires a background check for all gun sales or transfers, regardless of where they occur or who
Universal_background_check
2018 play by Jeremy O. Harris
Slave Play is a three-act play by Jeremy O. Harris about race, sex, power relations, trauma, and interracial relationships. It follows three interracial
Slave_Play
Nuts is a 1979 play by Tom Topor. The play is a courtroom drama, suspense, and psychological drama which explores issues of sexual abuse, family and social
Nuts_(play)
Winchester was the third actor to play the role after Ronald Korosy and Andrew McKaige. Waddell was the second actor to play this role after Nicki Paull, who
List_of_Prisoner_cast_members
Play by Ryan Calais Cameron, premiered in 2023
is a 90-minute play by Ryan Calais Cameron inspired by the early career of actor Sidney Poitier during the McCarthyism era. The play was premiered on
Retrograde_(play)
2024 play by James Graham
Punch is a 2024 play written by British playwright James Graham. It is based on the non-fiction book Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne. It premiered at Nottingham
Punch_(play)
Overview of the background of the war
This article describes the background of the Russo-Georgian War. Kingdom of Abkhazia was formed in the 780s under Leo II. Western Georgia was included
Background of the Russo-Georgian War
Background_of_the_Russo-Georgian_War
Tragedy by Sophocles
be the second-oldest surviving play of Sophocles, preceded by Ajax, which was written around the same period. The play is one of a triad of tragedies
Antigone_(Sophocles_play)
2011 play by Ins Choi
Kim's Convenience by Ins Choi is a play about a family-run Korean-owned convenience store in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. It debuted on July 6
Kim's_Convenience_(play)
American hip hop duo
Kid 'n Play are an American hip-hop duo from New York City who were most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo is composed of Christopher
Kid_'n_Play
French play by Edmond Rostand
of the play, and the plot plays out with it as the background theme. The history of the play is explored in Theresa Rebeck's 2018 Broadway play Bernhardt/Hamlet
Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(play)
American actor (born 1953)
News of Northern California. Shalhoub, who is of Lebanese Christian background, plays Abe Weissman, "TV's most lovable, beleaguered father" according to
Tony_Shalhoub
Kursk is a play by the British playwright Bryony Lavery, first performed in 2009. It is inspired by the 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk
Kursk_(play)
2012 play by Samuel D. Hunter
Charlie. The character of Liz did not have her ethnic background or race specified in the original play. As of 2022, many of the actresses portraying Liz
The_Whale_(play)
Play written by William Inge
Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. The play premiered at the Music Box Theatre, Broadway, on 19 February 1953 in a Theatre Guild production, directed
Picnic_(play)
Sonata is a one-act play by Indian playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar about friendship between three women. Sonata is about three single working women, living
Sonata_(play)
Tabletop science fiction role-playing game
Cyberpunk is a tabletop role-playing game in the dystopian science fiction genre, written by Mike Pondsmith and first published by R. Talsorian Games
Cyberpunk_(role-playing_game)
2015 play by Paula Vogel
Indecent is a 2015 American play by Paula Vogel. It recounts the controversy surrounding the play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, which was produced
Indecent_(play)
1964 book by Eric Berne
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships is a 1964 book by psychiatrist Eric Berne, popularizing Berne's model of transactional analysis
Games_People_Play_(book)
American media franchise
Child's Play (also known colloquially as Chucky) is an American slasher media franchise created by Don Mancini. The films primarily focus on Chucky (voiced
Child's_Play_(franchise)
Arrest and Trial". Retrieved 22 April 2016. Ferguson, Everett (2003). Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. p. 520. ISBN 978-0802822215
Historical background of the New Testament
Historical_background_of_the_New_Testament
1966 play
it was published in 1966. It is the first revolutionary play of East Bengal. The background of Kobor focuses on the crisis of the Bengali language movement
The_Grave_(play)
1959 play by Eugène Ionesco
Rhinoceros (French: Rhinocéros) is a play by playwright Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play was included in Martin Esslin's essay on post-war avant-garde
Rhinoceros_(play)
1917 play written in German by Stefan Zweig. Written during the First World War, it reflects his pacifist sentiments and Jewish religious background, and
Jeremiah_(play)
1943 film by Raoul Walsh
Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars George Raft with Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and
Background_to_Danger
Football league season
The English Football League play-offs for the 2025–26 season (referred to as the Sky Bet Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2026 with
2026_EFL_play-offs
Musical recording shorter than a full album
An extended play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs usually contain up to eight
Extended_play
Antiquity-themed theatrical genre
painters and composers, all set against a classically themed background. The toga play combined plots from popular novels with visual inspiration from
Toga_play
Three-act comedy by the playwrights Émile de Najac and Alfred Hennequin
indulged scion of the aristocracy, encouraged by his eccentric tutor. The play opened at the Théâtre du Gymnase on 10 March 1877, and ran for 214 performances
Bébé_(play)
2013 play by George Brant
Grounded is a 2013 play by George Brant. The play was written as a solo performance with a single character, but has also been staged with two actors.
Grounded_(play)
Sixth-generation video game console by Sony
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on March 4,
PlayStation_2
1993 studio album by Lifetime
Background is the first LP by American punk band Lifetime. It was recorded in 1992 and was released on January 1, 1993, as New Age Records #15. The CD
Background_(Lifetime_album)
2023 play by Isobel McArthur
Kidnapped is a 2023 Scottish play created by Isobel McArthur and Michael John McCarthy for the National Theatre of Scotland, based on the 1886 novel by
Kidnapped_(play)
1986 single by Baltimora
"Living in the Background" did not garner the same attention that their first single "Tarzan Boy" did, although it still maintains play on throwback stations
Living in the Background (song)
Living_in_the_Background_(song)
English punk rock band
Soft Play (stylised in all caps) are an English punk rock duo formed by Isaac Holman (lead vocals, drums) and Laurie Vincent (backing vocals, guitar, bass)
Soft_Play
1989 play by Jay Presson Allen
Tru is a 1989 play by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote. Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru is set
Tru_(play)
Play by A.R. Gurney
Sylvia is a play by A. R. Gurney. It premiered in 1995 off-Broadway. The subject is "Sylvia", a dog, the couple who adopts her, and the resultant comedy
Sylvia_(play)
Polish comedy by Aleksander Fredro
of partitions. Zemsta belongs to the canon of Polish literature. It is a play in four acts, written in the octosyllabic verse mostly in the vernacular
The_Revenge_(Fredro_play)
1931 play
Cavalcade is a play by Noël Coward with songs by Coward and others. It focuses on three decades in the life of the Marryots, an upper-middle-class British
Cavalcade_(play)
Nocturama is a play by American playwright Annie Baker, who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is one of her four plays set in fictional Shirley
Nocturama_(play)
2020 play by Tom Stoppard
Leopoldstadt is the final stage play written by British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard. The original production premiered on 25 January 2020 at Wyndham's
Leopoldstadt_(play)
School in Dilijan, Armenia
Recreational building Playing field and part of a village in the background Playing field and lodging area Playing field and lodging area Playing field and lodging
UWC_Dilijan
1991 play by Katherine Thomson
Diving for Pearls is an Australian play by Katherine Thomson set against the background of the economic rationalism of the 1980s, in Port Kembla. It became
Diving_for_Pearls_(play)
Comedy by Aristophanes
Hymenai'O! Hymen Hymenai'O! All the early plays of Aristophanes were written and acted against a background of war. The war between Athens and Sparta
Peace_(play)
Home video game console by Sony
a dark blue background with rainbow graffiti used as buttons, while the early PAL PlayStation and PS One GUI had a grey blocked background with two icons
PlayStation_(console)
Play written by John Patrick Shanley
play by American playwright John Patrick Shanley. It ran Off-Broadway from February 9, 2006, to June 4, 2006. Defiance is the second of three plays of
Defiance_(play)
2018 French play by Florian Zeller
The Son (French: Le Fils) is a play by Florian Zeller. It premiered in February 2018 at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées, Paris, with Yvan Attal (Pierre)
The_Son_(Zeller_play)
1980 science fiction comedy play written by Elaine Lee
Starstruck is a 1980 science fiction comedy play written by Elaine Lee, with contributions from Susan Norfleet Lee and Dale Place. It was performed in
Starstruck_(play)
the play in 1945 (13 March – 14 April), with Gwen Nelson and Scott Sunderland among the cast. Land's End, the most successful of Lucas's six plays, received
Land's_End_(play)
1925 play by Noël Coward
Menier Chocolate Factory in London produced the play in November 2025. A new production of the play by Roundabout Theatre Company began previews in March
Fallen_Angels_(play)
The Immoralist is a play written by Augustus and Ruth Goetz based on the novel of the same name by André Gide. The original production starred James Dean
The_Immoralist_(play)
2007 play by David Henry Hwang
semi-autobiographical play by David Henry Hwang, featuring the author himself as the protagonist, DHH, mounting his 1993 play Face Value. The play's themes include
Yellow_Face_(play)
Comedy by Ian Hay
the play was presented on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre in January 1938, running for just over a year. A film was made of the play in 1938. The play depicts
Housemaster_(play)
1985 play by Mark Handley
Idioglossia is a play by American playwright Mark Handley about a woman who grew up – and most notably, learned to speak – isolated from society. It served
Idioglossia_(play)
Play by Pol Heyvaert
Aalst is a play by the Belgian stage director Pol Heyvaert. Based on real-life events that took place in the town of Aalst in 1999, the play recounts the
Aalst_(play)
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
the soldier has gone, the slave Palaestrio tells the audience the background to the play. He says that formerly he lived in Athens as slave to a young man
Miles_Gloriosus_(play)
1985 play by György Spiró
Hungarian tragedy in 16 acts written by György Spiró in 1985. The background of the play is the ever so bleak realism of the socialist Hungary in the 1980s:
Chickenhead_(play)
1928 play by Philip Barry
He has abundant financial prospects but little social background. Before the start of the play, Julia, the eldest daughter of the Seton family, has met
Holiday_(play)
2015 play by Lynn Nottage
Sweat is a 2015 play by American playwright Lynn Nottage. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Sweat_(play)
Nonspeaking or nonsinging acting role
instance, on James Cameron's film Titanic, a group of 150 "core background actors" was hired to play the ship's passengers, and employed throughout the filming
Extra_(acting)
Defunct child pornography website
Childs Play [sic] was a website on the darknet featuring child sexual abuse material that operated from April 2016 to September 2017, which at its peak
Childs_Play_(website)
Play by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. The play portrays the political conspiracy that led to the assassination of the Roman
Julius_Caesar_(play)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris, which is believed to have been
Helen_(play)
2006 Australian TV series or program
about it. As the pieces were being removed, a picture was revealed in the background and in the end, the three hosts guessed what the picture was about. The
Puzzle_Play
1654 tragedy play
the play, after much hesitation and contemplation, becomes a member of evil. Scholarly concentration upon the theological background of the play gradually
Lucifer_(play)
1976 studio album by Nazareth
- guitar Pete Agnew - bass guitar, guitar, background vocals Darrell Sweet - drums, percussion, background vocals Nick Blagona - engineer Bob Ludwig -
Play_'n'_the_Game
Norwegians of Pakistani descent
revealed a high degree of discrimination against job seekers of Pakistani background: jobseekers with Pakistani names are 25% less likely to get a job interview
Norwegians with Pakistani background
Norwegians_with_Pakistani_background
2024 play about Aneurin Bevan
completely own the stage, with the rest of the actors reduced to background decorations. The play necessarily omits many important events in Bevan’s life in
Nye_(play)
2022 play by Anthony McCarten
The Collaboration is a dramatic stage play written by New Zealand playwright Anthony McCarten. The play originated in the West End at The Young Vic in
The_Collaboration_(play)
1998 studio album by Public Announcement
All Work, No Play is Public Announcement's second studio album and first album without singer R. Kelly. Released on March 24, 1998, the album features
All_Work,_No_Play
Play written by Witold Gombrowicz
The Marriage (Polish: Ślub) is a play by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, written in Argentina after World War II. The narrative takes place in a dream
The Marriage (Gombrowicz play)
The_Marriage_(Gombrowicz_play)
Valley Forge is a 1934 three-act historical play by Maxwell Anderson, about the winter that George Washington spent in Valley Forge. It has four settings
Valley_Forge_(play)
Play by Mary Zimmerman
Metamorphoses is a play by the American playwright and director Mary Zimmerman, adapted from the classic Ovid poem Metamorphoses. The play premiered in 1996
Metamorphoses_(play)
1982 studio album by Michael Jackson
concertmaster (track 3) Julia Waters – background vocals (track 1) Maxine Waters – background vocals (track 1) Oren Waters – background vocals (track 1) David Williams
Thriller_(album)
2022 stage adaptation
My Neighbour Totoro is a stage play based on Studio Ghibli's 1988 animated film of the same name by Hayao Miyazaki. It is adapted by Tom Morton-Smith with
My_Neighbour_Totoro_(play)
Singer who provides vocal harmony on a song
perform dance routines while singing through headset microphones. Styles of background vocals vary according to the type of song and genre of music. In pop and
Backing_vocalist
2011 video game
they were too busy with the actual game and not the sound engine." The background music in Minecraft consists of instrumental ambient music. To compose
Minecraft
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
BC. Müller places it between 420 and 417 BC. A Byzantine scholion to the play suggests that its first production was staged outside Athens, though modern
Andromache_(play)
Japanese video game company
a white background, primarily used in the Western markets from 1985 to 2006. In Japan, a monochromatic version that lacks a colored background is on Nintendo's
Nintendo
Cebuano play in three acts written by Vicente Sotto. It was first performed at the Teatro Junquera (in what is now Cebu City) on May 18, 1902. The play established
Elena_(play)
Play about artist Mark Rothko
Red is a two-handed play by American writer John Logan about the artist Mark Rothko. It was first produced by the Donmar Warehouse, London, on December
Red_(play)
British girl group
Girls@Play were a British five-piece girl group from London formed in 2000, consisting of Vicky Dowdall, Lisa-Jay White, Rita Simons, Lynsey Shaw and Shelley
Girls@Play
1981 studio album by Helen Reddy
for strings, horns and background vocals ("Play Me Out") Artie Butler – arranger and conductor for strings, horns and background vocals ("I Can't Say Goodbye
Play Me Out (Helen Reddy album)
Play_Me_Out_(Helen_Reddy_album)
The ancestral background of presidents of the United States has been relatively consistent throughout American history. The most common ancestry of U.S
Ancestral background of presidents of the United States
Ancestral_background_of_presidents_of_the_United_States
Set of six characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream
craftsmanly background, both work quickly and both take secondary roles in their own plays. Robert Leach makes the same point. In performing the play, Quince
Mechanical_(character)
BACKGROUND PLAY
BACKGROUND PLAY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English knyghte ‘knight’, Old English cniht ‘boy’, ‘youth’, ‘serving lad’. This word was used as a personal name before the Norman Conquest, and the surname may in part reflect a survival of this. It is also possible that in a few cases it represents a survival of the Old English sense into Middle English, as an occupational name for a domestic servant. In most cases, however, it clearly comes from the more exalted sense that the word achieved in the Middle Ages. In the feudal system introduced by the Normans the word was applied at first to a tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier. Hence it came to denote a man of some substance, since maintaining horses and armor was an expensive business. As feudal obligations became increasingly converted to monetary payments, the term lost its precise significance and came to denote an honorable estate conferred by the king on men of noble birth who had served him well. Knights in this last sense normally belonged to ancient noble families with distinguished family names of their own, so that the surname is more likely to have been applied to a servant in a knightly house or to someone who had played the part of a knight in a pageant or won the title in some contest of skill.Irish : part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the rider or knight’. See also McKnight.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a reduced form of Philip.The Phipps family, which holds the titles of marquess of Normanby and earl of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656–1723), who was lord chancellor of Ireland. A cousin with a different background, Sir William Phip(p)s (1651–95), was born in ME, where his parents had emigrated. Originally a ship’s carpenter, he rose to become royal governor of MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
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.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : nickname from the personal name Herod (Greek HÄ“rÅdÄ“s, apparently derived from hÄ“rÅs ‘hero’), borne by the king of Judea (died ad 4) who at the time of the birth of Christ ordered that all male children in Bethlehem should be slaughtered (Matthew 2: 16–18). In medieval mystery plays Herod was portrayed as a blustering tyrant, and the name was therefore given to someone one who had played the part, or who had an overbearing temper.English : variant of Harold (1 or 2).Greek : shortened form of Herodiadis, a patronymic from the classical personal name HÄ“rodiÅn. This was the name of a relative of St. Paul and an early Bishop of Patras, venerated in the Orthodox Church. HÄ“rodÄ“s ‘Herod’ is also found in Greek as a nickname for a violent man, but this is less likely to be the source of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a player on the lute, Middle English lutar, an agent derivative of lute.English : metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, from Old French loutre ‘otter’.Dutch : variant of Luther 1.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch horn ‘horn’, applied in a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made small articles, such as combs, spoons, and window lights, out of horn; as a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a horn-shaped spur of a hill or tongue of land in a bend of a river, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element (for example, in England, Horne in Surrey on a spur of a hill and Horn in Rutland in a bend of a river); as a nickname, perhaps referring to some feature of a person’s physical appearance, or denoting a cuckolded husband.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Swedish : ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram’s horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from the rare medieval female personal name Eve, Eva (from Hebrew Chava, of uncertain origin). This was, according to the Book of Genesis, the name of the first woman, and in some cases the name may have been acquired by someone (invariably a man) who had played the part in a drama dealing with the Creation.
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
A Man with Rich Background
Surname or Lastname
English
English : one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, Middle English grene (a transferred use of the color term). In North America this name has no doubt assimilated cognates from other European languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen).Jewish (American) : Americanized form of German Grün or Yiddish Grin, Ashkenazic ornamental names meaning ‘green’ or a short form of any of the numerous compounds with this element.Irish : translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’. See also Fahey.North German : short form of a habitational name from a place name with Gren- as the first element (for example Greune, Greubole).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime, France, probably named with Latin dei villa ‘settlement of (i.e. under the protection of) God’. This name was interpreted early on as a prepositional phrase de ville or de val and applied to dwellers in a town or valley (see Ville and Vale).English : nickname from Middle English devyle, Old English dēofol ‘devil’ (Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos ‘slanderer’, ‘enemy’), referring to a mischievous youth or perhaps to someone who had acted the role of the Devil in a pageant or mystery play.French : variant of Ville, with the preposition de.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English pleyen ‘to play’, hence an occupational name for an actor or musician or a nickname for a successful competitor in contests of athletic or sporting prowess.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king’s household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy. It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.Chinese : variant of Jin 1.Chinese : , , , , Jing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a fiddle player or a nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic amateur, from Old English fiðelere ‘fiddler’.German : variant of Fiedler.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : occupational name for a player on the harp, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Dutch harp ‘harp’. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Gullake, Gudloc (Old English GūðlÄc, composed of the elements gūð ‘battle’ + lÄc ‘sport’, ‘play’, reinforced by the Old Norse cognate Guðleikr).See Gullick.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the vocabulary word lord, presumably for someone who behaved in a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities. It may also have been an occupational name for a servant in the household of the lord of the manor, or possibly a status name for a landlord or the lord of the manor himself. The word itself derives from Old English hlÄford, earlier hlÄf-weard, literally ‘loaf-keeper’, since the lord or chief of a clan was responsible for providing food for his dependants.Irish : English name adopted as a translation of the main element of Gaelic Ó Tighearnaigh (see Tierney) and Mac Thighearnáin (see McKiernan).French : nickname from Old French l’ord ‘the dirty one’.Possibly an altered spelling of Laur.The French name is particularly associated with Acadia in Canada, around 1760.
Surname or Lastname
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.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (American)
Jewish (American) : Americanized form of Gorelik.English (chiefly Lancashire) : from Middle English garlek ‘garlic’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of garlic or perhaps a nickname for someone who ate a lot of garlic. An alternative derivation of the English name is from an unrecorded survival into Middle English of the Old English personal name GÄrlÄc, which is composed of the elements gÄr ‘spear’ + lÄc ‘sport’, ‘play’.German : altered form of Garlich (see Gerlich).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : habitational name from a place in Suffolk, so called from Old English plæga, plega ‘sport’, ‘play’ + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
BACKGROUND PLAY
BACKGROUND PLAY
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Modern
Soul
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, French, German, Jamaican, Swedish
Free-woman; Womanly
Girl/Female
French, German
Of the Nobility; Noble
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of universe
Girl/Female
Tamil
Great, Splendid
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lion
Boy/Male
English American
Dusty place; brave soldier.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
The Yajur Veda
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Right Thing to do
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Helpful
BACKGROUND PLAY
BACKGROUND PLAY
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BACKGROUND PLAY
n.
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
n.
A maker or adapter of plays.
n.
Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
n.
A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
n.
A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
n.
That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
n.
A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
n.
A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
n.
The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
n.
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
n.
Time for play or diversion.
n.
Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
v. t.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
n.
Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
v. t.
To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.
n.
The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed shows white on a purple or red background. See Visual purple, under Visual.
a.
Playful; wanton; sportive.
n.
A playwright.