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Opera by Douglas Moore
Gallantry is a one-act opera by composer Douglas Moore. The work is a parody of soap opera, complete with sung commercial interruptions. The work uses
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pious and courtly love Gallantry (opera), a one-act opera by composer Douglas Moore All pages with titles containing Gallantry Gallant (disambiguation)
Gallantry
American playwright, librettist, and lyricist (1909–2006)
Fritz Kreisler and John Latouche. Another opera with Moore, Gallantry, a parody of television soap operas, was premiered by the Columbia University School
Arnold_Sundgaard
British-American soldier, September 11 rescuer and victim (1939–2001)
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Silver Star Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster Purple Heart Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry He left active duty
Rick_Rescorla
Royal order of merit in New Zealand
System in New Zealand, which is designed to recognise meritorious service, gallantry and bravery and long service". The monarch of New Zealand is the Sovereign
New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit
French musician (1745–1799)
duets, sonatas, two symphonies, and an assortment of stage works, notably opéra comique. Born in the French colony of Guadeloupe, his father, Georges Bologne
Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges
Australian former soldier (born 1978)
having received the Medal for Gallantry (2006), the Victoria Cross for Australia (2011)—the highest award for gallantry in battle that can be awarded
Ben_Roberts-Smith
Tragedy written by Jean Racine
Corneille and other contemporary authors". The importance of the theme of gallantry is a common feature with Racine's previous work, Alexandre le Grand. His
Andromaque
American writer and novelist (1902–1968)
celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against
John_Steinbeck
Hong Kong actress, martial artist, and stuntwoman
expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed at the Peking Opera School under Yu Jim-yuen, the same master as Jackie
Yuen_Qiu
Vietnam War. Opening credits: DEDICATION This is a true story - - of gallantry, sacrifice and heroism against a relentless enemy. It is fitting that
List of Philippine films of the 1950s
List_of_Philippine_films_of_the_1950s
English poet and playwright (1685–1732)
the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum
John_Gay
2025 Indian film by Razneesh Ghai
Param Vir Chakra, India's highest war-time gallantry award; while several soldiers receive other war-time gallantry awards posthumously. The final scenes show
120_Bahadur
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1832-1886)
recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
John_Daunt
to the arts, nationally and internationally, as a director of theatre, opera and film, and as a promoter of innovative Australian productions including
2007_Australia_Day_Honours
1847 novel by Emily Brontë
its unsociable residents, he ostensibly reacts with manners of studied gallantry and gentility; which are almost immediately belied in his subsequent dream
Wuthering_Heights
Chinese singer
National Opera & Dance Drama Theater. A National First-Class Actor, he specialises in nándàn (男旦) roles, male performances of female parts, in Peking opera. Born
Li_Yugang
priapic rites, with a crude and realistic eroticism far from the rococo gallantry. Some of his works are: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (1780–1785)
History_of_the_nude_in_art
"Morton, John Percival, (15 May 1911–7 June 1985), Indian Police Medal for gallantry, 1935, Bar 1940; retired". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884
List of Old Bedford Modernians
List_of_Old_Bedford_Modernians
American actor and activist (1952–2004)
fumbling Clark Kent and omnipotent Superman are simply two styles of gallantry and innocence." – Newsweek "Christopher Reeve has become an instant international
Christopher_Reeve
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1856–1913)
for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
Frederick_Hitch
British politician
born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. He earned a Scout Silver Medal for Gallantry after saving a young girl from drowning in Cullercoats Bay when he was
Denis_Coe
1827 novel
Lord Mowbray's polite gallantry for an infatuation, and follows him to London losing her inheritance and ending up as an opera singer in the capital and
Flirtation_(novel)
Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist
January 1877 – 8 November 1937) was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist. Born as Franz Wiener, he was educated in Brussels on 28 January
Francis_de_Croisset
Hong Kong actor
Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (新聲劇團). He also started singing for early
Kwan_Hoi-san
States Army William J. Johnston (1918–1990), Medal of Honor recipient for gallantry during World War II Needham Roberts (1901–1949), soldier in the Harlem
List of people from Trenton, New Jersey
List_of_people_from_Trenton,_New_Jersey
King of France from 1715 to 1774
King's behavior: "The King loves women, and yet there is absolutely no gallantry in his spirit." In 1738, after the Queen lost an unborn child, her doctors
Louis_XV
Navy Cross recipient (1919–1943)
portal At the time, the Navy Cross was the third-highest Navy award for gallantry during combat, after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Distinguished Service
Doris_Miller
intimate friends. They usually were improvised songs on the themes of gallantry and love, in the form of a dialogue, performed with the lute and the théorbe
History_of_music_in_Paris
Mass shooting in Tacloban, Philippines
for his "heroism" for defending his classmates. He was given the Gold Gallantry and Heroism Award, the highest recognition award by the scouting organization
2026_Tacloban_school_shooting
Taiwanese martial arts actor and director (1951–1991)
Chiang went on to make a few movies and television series including Ode to Gallantry (1985) and The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1988). During this time, he
Chiang_Sheng
Character in Arthurian legend
perfect of all the Knights of the Round Table, renowned for his unmatched gallantry and absolute virtue and spiritual purity, including chastity as a virgin
Galahad
1823 novel by Walter Scott
emigrant in search of honourable adventure, who, by his sense, firmness and gallantry, thus becomes the fortunate possessor of wealth, rank and beauty. Principal
Quentin_Durward
Short skirt that usually extends to mid-thigh
foisted long skirts upon the world a year ago [1970], they've had the gallantry to retreat. Vreeland, Diana, ed. (1 January 1971). "Vogue's Own Boutique"
Miniskirt
Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1960)
War, Olga served as an army nurse and was awarded a medal for personal gallantry. At the downfall of the Romanovs in the Russian Revolution of 1917, she
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand_Duchess_Olga_Alexandrovna_of_Russia
Medal for Gallantry ribbon
2012_Australia_Day_Honours
British politician (1974–2016)
arrested her attacker after he had fled the scene, were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. In December 2016, a group of politicians came together to record
Jo_Cox
Australian awards list
Corporal C— For acts of gallantry in action while a patrol medic on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan. Sergeant D— For acts of gallantry in action while deployed
2012 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
2012_Queen's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)
American soldier and showman (1846–1917)
of Russia. Cody was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1872 for documented gallantry above and beyond the call of duty as an Army scout in the Indian Wars
Buffalo_Bill
French-English lexicographer Abel Boyer (1667–1729). Letters of love and gallantry, written in Greek by Aristaenetus (1715). Anonymous prose translation
List of English translations from medieval sources: A
List_of_English_translations_from_medieval_sources:_A
Group of Chinese martial arts actors
another graduate of Peking opera, Cheng made his debut in The Brave Archer 3, followed by House Of Traps and Ode to Gallantry. He would later star in lead
Venom_Mob
Chinese-language wuxia novelist (1924–2018)
legendary founder of the still influential Wudang sect in the Ode to Gallantry and the Mount Hua sect had fallen from grace that it had after the events
Jin_Yong
Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alcide, who loves her. The opera ends with a celebration of Alceste's return from the underworld and of Alcide's noble gallantry in returning her to her
Alceste_(Lully)
United Kingdom aristocrats
describes the King as the fount of honour for "life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards", with no mention of hereditary titles. Until the coming into force
Hereditary_peer
Taiwanese film director and actor
struggling to support him and his siblings. There, he studied revolutionary opera with future costar and lifelong friend, Chiang Sheng. Lu, along with Chiang
Lu_Feng_(actor)
1934–1977 American comic strip by Al Capp
adamantine exterior, General Bullmoose is capable of a kind of capitalist gallantry. "Those Slobbovians [q.v.] have done me out of a hundred thousand dollars
Li'l_Abner
Chinese folklore, play and novel collection
nicknamed "Invincible" (無敵) due to his tactical prowess and unmatched gallantry in battle. He served the Song dynasty after Liu Jiyuan, ruler of Northern
The Generals of the Yang Family
The_Generals_of_the_Yang_Family
He has sophisticated and cultured interests, enjoying classical music, opera, and attending dinner parties with his husband's academic friends. The 99th
List of Brooklyn Nine-Nine characters
List_of_Brooklyn_Nine-Nine_characters
Glass, who was wounded in the attack. Glass was later awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal as well as the Distinguished Conduct Medal. the IRA carried out
Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1992–1999)
Chronology_of_Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_actions_(1992–1999)
Dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
recommended for promotion to major and to receive Spain's highest honour for gallantry, the coveted Cruz Laureada de San Fernando. Both proposals were denied
Francisco_Franco
American composer (1893–1969)
Giants in the Earth, opera (1951) The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera (1956) Gallantry, a "soap opera" (1958) The Wings of the Dove, opera (1961), based on 1902
Douglas_Moore
City in Derbyshire, England
1869–1885 Robert Humpston (1832–1884), recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Crimean War Walter Weston (1860–1940), clergyman and Anglican
Derby
Aberconway (1913–2003) Guy Branch (1913–1940), one of The Few and Empire Gallantry Medal holder Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913–2004), architect[citation
List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century
List_of_Old_Etonians_born_in_the_20th_century
2000 novel by Eric Flint
those who appreciate living history, indomitable courage and the unsung gallantry of the everyday man." Library Journal praised the author, saying he "convincingly
1632_(novel)
was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for his bravery in a counter-terrorism operation in Jammu and Kashmir
List of 2024 films based on actual events
List_of_2024_films_based_on_actual_events
Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-78200-129-4. Andrew Bamford (20 October 2014). Gallantry and Discipline: The 12th Light Dragoons at War with Wellington. Frontline
History_of_Lisbon
British actor, singer and comedian (1890–1982)
trenches alongside Michael O'Leary, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in February 1915. Holloway and O'Leary stayed in touch after the war and
Stanley_Holloway
Appointments made by King Charles III
Defence Anthony Negus, Musical Director, Longborough Festival Opera. For services to Opera, particularly Mozart and Wagner, and to Young Artists Paul David
2026_Birthday_Honours
Spanish playwright and poet (1600–1681)
took part in the Catalan campaign, and distinguished himself by his gallantry at Tarragona. His health failing, Calderón retired from the army in November
Pedro_Calderón_de_la_Barca
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle. Set in the 1470s during
Maometto_II
English war poet and writer (1886–1967)
Lorraine [sic] Sassoon, 3rd (attd. 1st) Bn., R. W. Fus. For conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches. He remained for 1½ hours under
Siegfried_Sassoon
Last member of Yahi People
reporter from the Examiner vicariously translated Ishi's emotions: "All the gallantry that slumbers in the breast of the cave man awakened in Ishi when he met
Ishi
posthumous Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm (both for heroism) and a Purple Heart. During the war
Women_in_the_Vietnam_War
Appointments made by King Charles III
to Art. Alexander Charles Beard, CBE. Chief Executive, Royal Ballet and Opera. For services to the Arts. David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE. For services
2025_Birthday_Honours
Poona Horse, winner of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for gallantry Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major (born 1947): Former Chief of the Air
List_of_Zoroastrians
Artistic style in Europe and colonies, c. 1730–1780
painters of the period, with its emphasis on decorative mythology and gallantry, soon inspired a reaction, and a demand for more "noble" themes. While
Rococo
Canadian opera singer
the role of Doctor Gregg in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's opera Gallantry at the now-destroyed Brander Matthews Theater on 117th Street. He was
David_Atkinson_(baritone)
City in the Basque Country, Spain
Mackereth (1892–1962), British World War I hero, holder of Military Cross for gallantry. Retired to live in San Sebastián and died there 1962, interred at San
San_Sebastián
Hong Kong actress
Feng liu zhong (1984) Prince Charming (1984) – Wan Puipui Long Road to Gallantry (1984) – Mu Wan Er Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (夏日福星) (1985) – Wang Yi-Ching
Rosamund_Kwan
Duchess of Orléans (1652–1722)
being dressed, in a word, everything that ladies love. ... The King loved gallantry with ladies, I do not believe that my husband has been in love in his
Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine
Elizabeth_Charlotte,_Madame_Palatine
City in West Flanders, Belgium
Independent 12 September 2013 Abbott, Peter Edward; Tamplin (1981). British Gallantry Awards (2nd ed.). London, UK: Nimrod Dix and Co.; ISBN 9780902633742,
Ypres
1992 studio album by Pinchas Steinberg
comic opera, performed by a cast headed by June Anderson, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade and Dawn Upshaw with the Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera and
Chérubin (Pinchas Steinberg recording)
Chérubin_(Pinchas_Steinberg_recording)
Cemetery in New Jersey, United States
awarded Medal of Honor for gallantry during World War II James Hall (1900–1940), actor Maria Jeritza (1887–1982), opera singer John Gerald Milton (1881–1977)
Holy Cross Cemetery (North Arlington, New Jersey)
Holy_Cross_Cemetery_(North_Arlington,_New_Jersey)
Son of Pope Alexander VI (c. 1476 – 1497)
then killed by a personal enemy which "points to an affair of sordid gallantry". As the pope's favourite son, Giovanni held great influence over his
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandía
Giovanni_Borgia,_2nd_Duke_of_Gandía
British royal recognitions
officers in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for distinguished service or gallantry; 25 medals were awarded for distinguished service. Robert Ayling, Deputy
2000_New_Year_Honours
was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest gallantry award, for exemplary valor in combat during operations in the Kargil War
List_of_Indian_Christians
of gallantry in action while a machine-gunner under enemy fire in Afghanistan in January 2010. Private Marley Clifton Bird For acts of gallantry in action
2011_Australia_Day_Honours
List of notable people who belong to the Brahmin caste
most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy. Somnath Sharma, first recipient of India's highest gallantry award Param Vir Chakra Captain
List_of_Brahmins
(ESM) Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, www.gg.gov.au Medal for Gallantry(MG) Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, www.gg.gov.au Distinguished
2013_Australia_Day_Honours
Military head of state of Nigeria in 1966
Minister on 30 August 2006, forty years after his father's death. The Gallantry Medal was awarded by the Austrian government to Lieutenant Colonel Aguiyi-Ironsi
Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi
British government recognitions
Out. For services to Publishing. Gerald Hunter Finley, OC, Opera singer. For services to Opera. Rose Mary Fitzpatrick, QPM, Deputy Chief Constable, Police
2017_Birthday_Honours
American special forces colonel
her through the difficult times. Glory Denied was later turned into an opera written by Tom Cipullo. In October 1974, Thompson started to receive medals
Floyd_James_Thompson
English singer and actor (1887–1968)
known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. After performing in concerts as a boy soprano and
Derek_Oldham
Order of chivalry in New Zealand
Service Order Gallantry Victoria Cross for New Zealand New Zealand Gallantry Star New Zealand Gallantry Decoration New Zealand Gallantry Medal Bravery
Order_of_New_Zealand
Super Bowl Major Mukund Varadarajan Awarded Ashok Chakra, the Highest Gallantry Award Tito Vilanova dies: Ex-Barcelona coach loses cancer battle aged
Deaths_in_April_2014
Month of 1967
captain and would be awarded the Medal of Honor in 1978 for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty
April_1967
Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
had been posthumously awarded the Silver Star and Soldier's Medal for gallantry in action. In late 1950, the VII Corps (US) had been reactivated in Stuttgart
Göppingen
Public school in Columbus, Georgia, United States
opera The Young and the Restless. 1969 - Donald Ray Johnston '66 was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gallantry
Baker_High_School_(Georgia)
Military headdress
World), referencing their distinctive headgear and elite status. Their gallantry in battles like Mandyjupecua, where they displayed extraordinary endurance
Green_beret
Month of 1915
the bridge survived, he received the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry. The D. H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow was prosecuted under the Obscene
November_1915
Archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
me to let him know the time limited by me for trying of this piece of gallantry before I design'd to leave the place, that he might attend me; I told
St_Kilda,_Scotland
British list of honours
"No. 64627". The London Gazette. 13 January 2025. p. 410. "Civilian Gallantry List: May 2024". Gov.uk. 14 May 2024. Archived from the original on 13
2024_Special_Honours
conspicuous gallantry in action in circumstances of great peril while on operations on Operation SLIPPER Private M – For acts of gallantry in action on
2014 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
2014_Queen's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)
British royal recognitions
Yorkshire Coast Radio. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019. "Civilian Gallantry List: 2019". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 December 2018. "No. 62508". The London
2019_New_Year_Honours
Long fictional narrative story
personal views, intimate feelings, secret anxieties, "conduct", and "gallantry" spread with novels and the associated prose-romance. Length: The novel
Novel
British WW1 service medal
Imperial War Museum. Accessed 7 July 2018. Duckers, Peter (2010). British Gallantry Awards 1855–2000. Oxford: Shire Publications. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7478-0516-8
Victory Medal (United Kingdom)
Victory_Medal_(United_Kingdom)
foisted long skirts upon the world a year ago [1970], they've had the gallantry to retreat. Dubois, Ruth Mary. "Fashion: The War of the Hemlines". The
1970s_in_fashion
acts of gallantry in action as a team member, Special Operations Task Group on Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan. Corporal B – For acts of gallantry in action
2013 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
2013_Queen's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)
1960 British film by Maclean Rogers
sacks him. But when it turns out that Joe has been awarded a medal for gallantry in the Korean war, Fowler immediately reinstates him – at a better salary
Just_Joe
English actress best known for her roles as Alicia Gallagher in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Stella Davenport in the medical drama The Royal, was born
List of people from the City of Bradford
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Girl/Female
Greek
Violet flower. The name of a Gilbert and Sullivan Opera from 1882. Also a mythological sea nymph...
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Welsh Latin
ALatin Gerontius, from the Greek 'geron' meaning old. Famous bearer: Welsh opera singer Sir...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English blÅwere ‘one who blows’. The name was applied chiefly to someone who operated a bellows, either as a blacksmith’s assistant or to provide wind for a church organ. In other cases it was applied to someone who blew a horn, i.e. a huntsman or a player of the musical instrument.Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Llywarch ‘son of Llywarch’. Compare Flower.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse female personal name Gunvǫr, composed of the elements gunn ‘battle’ + vǫr, the feminine form of varr ‘defender’, or possibly from the Old Norse male personal name Gunnarr.English : occupational name for an operator of heavy artillery (see Gunn).Americanized spelling of German Gönner, a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Gönne.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of string or bow strings, from an agent derivative of Middle English streng ‘string’. In Yorkshire, where it is still particularly common, Redmonds argues that the surname may have been connected with iron working, a stringer having operated some form of specialist hearth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : name of a clan associated with Caithness, derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (or the feminine form Gunne), a short form of any of various compound names with the first element gunn ‘battle’.Scottish : sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Dhuinn ‘son of the servant of the brown one’ (see Dunn). (According to Woulfe a name of the same form also existed in Sligo, Ireland.)English : metonymic occupational name for someone who operated a siege engine or cannon, perhaps also a nickname for a forceful person, from Middle English gunne, gonne ‘ballista’, ‘cannon’, ‘gun’. The term originated as a humorous application of the Scandinavian female personal name Gunne or Gunnhildr.
Male
English
English Arthurian legend name of a Knight of the Round Table, known as "the Knight Valiant." He was the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Carbonek, renowned for his gallantry and purity, as well as being one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail. The name was invented by the author of La Queste del Saint Graal and was probably derived from Gilead, the Anglicized form of Hebrew Gilad, GALAHAD means "hard, stony region."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French faucon, falcun ‘falcon’, either a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the falcon, which was regarded as a symbol of speed and courage in the Middle Ages. In a few cases, it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a man who operated the piece of artillery named after the bird of prey. Compare Faulkner.In Louisiana, the name Falcón is borne by the descendants of Canary Islanders brought in to settle in 1779.
Boy/Male
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Gallant
Girl/Female
Spanish
The gypsy female lead in a 1970s soap opera.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’). It was usually in effect an occupational name for a worker at a mill or for the miller himself. The mill, whether powered by water, wind, or (occasionally) animals, was an important center in every medieval settlement; it was normally operated by an agent of the local landowner, and individual peasants were compelled to come to him to have their grain ground into flour, a proportion of the ground grain being kept by the miller by way of payment.English : from a short form of a personal name, probably female, as for example Millicent.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French sur(ri)gien (from a derivative of Late Latin chirurgia ‘handiwork’), hence an occupational name for a person who performed operations, mostly amputations. Before the advent of anaesthetics, only crude surgery was possible, and the calling was often combined with that of the barber or bath house attendant.French : topographic name for someone who lived close to a gushing spring.
Girl/Female
Spanish American
The Gypsy title character of a Spanish soap opera from the 1970s.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle ‘eagle’ (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Laigle in Orne, France, the name of which ostensibly means ‘the eagle’, although it is possible that the recorded forms result from the operation of early folk etymology on some unknown original. Matilda de Aquila is recorded in 1129 as the widow of Robert Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland.Jewish : translation into English of Adler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from Old French, Middle English galant ‘bold’, ‘dashing’, ‘lively’. The meanings ‘gallant’ and ‘attentive to women’ are further developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.French : variant spelling of Galant, cognate with 1.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Gallant
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Egyptian hero of Puccini's opera Aida.
Male
Chinese
gallant hero.
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