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Archaic term for an adult male human
the free dictionary. Were and wer are archaic terms for adult male humans and were often used for alliteration with wife as "were and wife" in Germanic-speaking
Were
Talk radio station in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, serving Cleveland
WERE (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States, featuring a talk radio format as "NewsTalk 1490". Owned
WERE
1939 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None is a 1939 mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie. It is the world's best-selling mystery novel and one of the best-selling
And_Then_There_Were_None
Topics referred to by the same term
Those Were the Days may refer to: Those Were the Days (Johnny Mathis album) (1968) Those Were the Days (Cream album) (1997) Those Were the Days (Dolly
Those_Were_the_Days
Video game series
We Were Here is a series of cooperative first-person adventure video games, created by the Dutch studio Total Mayhem Games. The We Were Here games are
We_Were_Here_(series)
1978 studio album by Genesis
...And Then There Were Three... (stylised in all lowercase) is the ninth studio album by English rock band Genesis. It was released on 31 March 1978 by
...And Then There Were Three...
...And_Then_There_Were_Three...
Woreda in Amhara, Ethiopia
737 were men and 45,649 were women; 4,539 or 5.02% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Were Babu were the
Were_Babu
2005 animated film by Nick Park and Steve Box
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 stop-motion animated comedy horror film directed by Nick Park and Steve Box and written by Park
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace_&_Gromit:_The_Curse_of_the_Were-Rabbit
1955 book
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 is a nonfiction book by Milton Mayer, first published by the University of Chicago Press in 1955. It describes
They_Thought_They_Were_Free
American psychological thriller series
We Were Liars is an American psychological thriller television series based on the 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart. It premiered on Amazon Prime
We_Were_Liars_(TV_series)
2002 film directed by Randall Wallace
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film co-produced, written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson (both of whom previously worked
We_Were_Soldiers
Topics referred to by the same term
shapeshifter. Were may also refer to: were, a preterite and irrealis form of the English copular verb to be Were music, a style of Muslim religious music WERE, a
Were_(disambiguation)
Mythological human able to transform into a wolf
the early period, accusations of lycanthropy (transformation into a wolf) were mixed with accusations of wolf-riding or wolf-charming. The case of Peter
Werewolf
1973 film by Sydney Pollack
The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents adapted
The_Way_We_Were
1st episode of the 9th season of Family Guy
"And Then There Were Fewer" is the one-hour-long season premiere of the ninth season of the American adult animated television series Family Guy, and the
And_Then_There_Were_Fewer
1997 mass shooting in Tennessee, U.S.
Lillelid murders were a series of killings that took place in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. Three members of the Lillelid family were killed on April
Lillelid_murders
Kenyan politician
David Aoko Were is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Matungu Constituency in the National
David_Were
Topics referred to by the same term
If You Were There may refer to: The Best of Wham!: If You Were There..., a 1997 greatest hits album by Wham! "If You Were There", a 1973 song by the Isley
If_You_Were_There
American spiritual, first printed in 1899
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" is an African-American spiritual that was first printed in 1899. It was likely composed by enslaved African
Were_You_There
Feline therianthropic creature
A werecat (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is an analog to "werewolf" for a feline therianthropic creature. Ailuranthropy comes from the
Werecat
game. A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League. N The Astros were in the National League
List of World Series champions
List_of_World_Series_champions
Topics referred to by the same term
Wish You Were Here may refer to: Wish You Were Here (1987 film), a British comedy-drama film by David Leland Wish You Were Here (2012 film), an Australian
Wish_You_Were_Here
German-American entertainer duo
May 8, 2020) were German-American entertainers who performed an animal-based magic show together as Siegfried & Roy. The duo, who were also romantically
Siegfried_&_Roy
German state from 1933 to 1945
"undesirables" were imprisoned, deported or murdered. Christian churches and citizens that opposed Hitler's rule were oppressed and opposition leaders were imprisoned
Nazi_Germany
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up as you were in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. As You Were may refer to: As You Were (Liam Gallagher album), 2017 As You Were (Show of Hands
As_You_Were
English rock band
Genesis were an English rock band formed in 1967 at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey. The band's longest-lasting and most commercially successful
Genesis_(band)
Silent pornographic film genre
mainstream. They were typically brief in duration (about 12 minutes at most), were silent, depicted softcore or hardcore pornography and were produced clandestinely
Stag_film
Ugandan AIDS activist
Beatrice Were (born circa 1966) is a Ugandan AIDS activist. Beatrice Were married her husband, Francis, at age 19. She was a virgin at the time of her
Beatrice_Were
2025 film by Kim Do-young
Once We Were Us (Korean: 만약에 우리) is a 2025 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Kim Do-young and starring Koo Kyo-hwan and Moon Ga-young. It is
Once_We_Were_Us
1999 mass shooting in Colorado, U.S.
Columbine, Colorado, United States. Twenty people were injured by the gunfire, and three others were injured while trying to escape. The attack ended when
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine_High_School_massacre
1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance and is also considered
Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God
American television series
We Were The Lucky Ones is an American historical drama miniseries developed by Erica Lipez for Hulu that premiered on March 28, 2024 and ended on May 2
We_Were_the_Lucky_Ones
Slave trade between Africa and the West
lasting through the 19th century. Most transported in the transatlantic trade were from Central and West Africa. In contrast to other slave trades, those taking
Atlantic_slave_trade
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
through the draft, 117,986 were substitutes, leaving only 50,663 who were conscripted. In the North and South, draft laws were highly unpopular. In the
American_Civil_War
2011 American film
They Were There (also known as IBM Centennial Film: They Were There - People who changed the way the world works) is a 2011 documentary short film directed
They_Were_There
American murderers and brothers
prosecution argued that the murders were premeditated, that allegations of sexual abuse were fabricated and that the brothers were motivated by hatred and a desire
Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez
Topics referred to by the same term
If I Were a Carpenter may refer to: "If I Were a Carpenter" (song), a song composed by Tim Hardin and popularized by Bobby Darin If I Were a Carpenter
If_I_Were_a_Carpenter
World War II landing operation in Europe
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord
Normandy_landings
1914 shooting in Sarajevo
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. They were shot at close range while being
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand
Association football club in England
promoted again in 1958–59, they were relegated the following season and remained in the Third Division until they were promoted as champions under Cliff
Hull_City_A.F.C.
Vine video and internet meme
they were roommates" refers to a Vine and subsequent Internet meme that originated in October 2014. The video shows a woman saying, "and they were roommates
And_they_were_roommates
Topics referred to by the same term
If You Were Here may refer to: "If You Were Here" (Kent song), a song by Kent "If You Were Here", a song by Poe from Haunted "If You Were Here", a song
If_You_Were_Here
Mummy's-pillow/headrest-themed amulet
The Weres was an amulet that symbolically represented the pillow or headrest under the head of an Egyptian mummy. They were placed under the mummy's head
Weres
1951–1953 Soviet anti-semitic campaign
alleged an anti-Soviet cabal of prominent medical specialists, many of whom were ethnically Jewish, intended to murder leading government and Communist Party
Doctors'_plot
1945 film by John Ford, Robert Montgomery
They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. The film is
They_Were_Expendable
German main battle tank
prototypes were ordered but only 16 hulls were built as the production of hull PT12 was cancelled. Ten were ordered initially before another seven were ordered
Leopard_2
World War II operation in France
crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August. The decision to undertake cross-channel landings
Operation_Overlord
German Imperial Navy battleship class
The Kaiser class were five dreadnought battleships that were built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1910s: Kaiser, Friedrich der
Kaiser-class_battleship
WWII-era forced prostitutes for Japan
Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during
Comfort_women
British passenger liner that sank in 1912
emigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and elsewhere in Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada. The disaster drew public
Titanic
Eurasian steppe confederation and empire
The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; [ɕjʊ́ŋ.nǔ]) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian
Xiongnu
Kenyan professor
Gideon Saulo Were (27 October 1934 – 7 July 1995) was a Kenyan professor of history, author, publisher, administrator and entrepreneur. He was born in
Gideon_Were
GDPs were California ($4.251 trillion), Texas ($2.904 trillion), and New York ($2.468 trillion). The three U.S. states with the lowest GDPs were Vermont
List of U.S. states and territories by GDP
List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP
Multi-sport event in Incheon, South Korea
as the XVII Asian Games (제17회 아시아 경기대회) and also known as Incheon 2014, were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in
2014_Asian_Games
Multi-sport event in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia
Asian Games, and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September
2018_Asian_Games
United States military prison in southeastern Cuba
Review Board hearings. Of these, 3% were granted and were awaiting release, 20% were to be transferred, 37% were to be further detained at Guantanamo
Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
Ownership of people as property
military defeat, or exploitation for cheaper labor; other forms of slavery were instituted along demographic lines such as race or sex. Slaves would be kept
Slavery
Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war
aircraft were concentrated, as well as the Reading Power Station. Several aircraft were destroyed, some others were damaged, and five people were killed
1948_Arab–Israeli_War
Multi-sport event in Delhi, India
1982 (Hindi: दिल्ली 1982), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This
1982_Asian_Games
Swiss-French architect (1887–1965)
buildings. In 2016, seventeen projects by Le Corbusier in seven countries were inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as The Architectural
Le_Corbusier
1986 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Christine were excised, previously mobile candelabra became stationary, and the number of candles populating the lake were reduced), were also restaged
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)
Cohort born from 1981 to 1996
countries, young people of the 2010s were less inclined to have sex compared to their predecessors when they were the same age. Millennials in the West
Millennials
Northern Ireland dispute over parades
and 28 rioters were injured, 37 people were arrested, including two UDR soldiers, and about 50 Catholic-owned homes and businesses were attacked. After
Drumcree_conflict
Japanese science fiction manga series and its adaptations
They Were Eleven (Japanese: 11人いる！, Hepburn: Jūichinin Iru!) is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. It was serialized
They_Were_Eleven
September 11 attacks The aircraft hijackers in the September 11 attacks were 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda, a jihadist organization based in the Islamic
Hijackers in the September 11 attacks
Hijackers_in_the_September_11_attacks
Hungarian countess and suspected serial killer (1560–1614)
four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610. Bathory and her cohorts were charged for 80 counts
Elizabeth_Báthory
Surname list
Were is the surname of the following people: Beatrice Were (born c.1966), Ugandan AIDS activist Charles Ong'ondo Were (died 2025), Kenyan politician David
Were_(surname)
ditched in the North Sea. The aircraft was recovered, but the two crew members were missing. March 31 – A Baoding Air Force Handley Page aircraft crashed while
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
2013 film by Rawson Marshall Thurber
Millers, they disclose they are not a real family and did not know they were stealing from him. Rose is given a chance to prove that she is a stripper
We're_the_Millers
Topics referred to by the same term
If I Were You may refer to: If I Were You (Wodehouse novel), a 1931 novel by P.G. Wodehouse If I Were You (Hubbard novel), a 1940 novel by L. Ron Hubbard
If_I_Were_You
2013 domestic terrorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Boston, 14 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart. Three people were killed and hundreds were injured, including 12 victims who suffered traumatic limb amputations
Boston_Marathon_bombing
1998–1999 armed conflict in the Balkans
1877–1878 from areas that were incorporated into the Principality of Serbia. Muslim Albanians residing in the Sanjak of Niš were quickly expelled after Ottomans
Kosovo_War
Russian state from 1721 to 1917
socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th century, the Russian lands were dominated by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom stood the grand
Russian_Empire
Uprising against British Company rule
single event. The sepoys were Indian soldiers who were recruited into the company's army. Just before the rebellion, there were over 300,000 sepoys in the
Indian_Rebellion_of_1857
American sitcom (1971–1979)
times when people sharing his viewpoint were in charge, as evidenced by the nostalgic theme song "Those Were the Days", also the show's original title
All_in_the_Family
Major deities of the Greek pantheon
Dionysus. They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount Olympus. Besides the twelve Olympians, there were many other cultic
Twelve_Olympians
American journalist (1929–2022)
(née Seletsky) and Lou Walters (born Louis Abraham Warmwater); her parents were children of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her paternal grandfather, Abraham
Barbara_Walters
Several genera of rodents
incendiaries were used to destroy rats. Numerous farm buildings were destroyed in the process. Initially, tons of arsenic trioxide were spread around
Rat
1940 WWII air battle
doctrine that bombers were unstoppable: the invention of radar at that time could allow early detection, and prototype monoplane fighters were significantly faster
Battle_of_Britain
Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)
Union. The original seven were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas; the additional four were Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee
Confederate_States_of_America
Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States. Under the law, children were born into slavery, and an enslaved person was treated as property that could
Slavery_in_the_United_States
tourists were reluctant to do so for psychological reasons. Even beach resorts in parts of Thailand which were untouched by the tsunami were hit by cancellations
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
2007 carjacking, rape, and murder of a couple in Knoxville, Tennessee
and Hugh Christopher Newsom Jr., aged 23, were a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. They were kidnapped on the evening of January 6, 2007
Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom
1937–1938 mass murder in China
contempt for them... There were many rapes, and the women were always killed. When they were being raped, the women were human. But once the rape was
Nanjing_Massacre
1899–1902 war in South Africa
the South African Republic (SAR), an independent Boer Republic. As they were permitted to vote only after 14 years' residence, they protested to the British
Second_Boer_War
1989 crime in New York City
teenagers had entered the park, and there were reports of muggings and physical assaults. Six teenagers were indicted in relation to the Meili assault
Central_Park_jogger_case
King of England from 1066 to 1087
the childless Edward the Confessor, his first cousin once removed. There were other potential claimants, including the powerful English earl Harold Godwinson
William_the_Conqueror
Ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts
ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of ten years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran
Dead_Sea_Scrolls
Topics referred to by the same term
Indians. And Then There Were None may also refer to: And Then There Were None (play), a 1943 play by Agatha Christie And Then There Were None (1945 film), a
And Then There Were None (disambiguation)
And_Then_There_Were_None_(disambiguation)
2015 British television series
And Then There Were None is a 2015 mystery thriller television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 26 to 28 December 2015. The three-part programme
And Then There Were None (TV series)
And_Then_There_Were_None_(TV_series)
German Nazi paramilitary organisation (1925–1945)
within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS
Schutzstaffel
American actor and comedian (born 1973)
Garcia is an associate producer and star in the independent film When We Were Pirates, in which he plays Jerry, who along with a group of close friends
Jorge_Garcia
1940–41 bombing of Britain during WWII
Glasgow also were bombed, as were the industrial centres of Birmingham, Coventry, Manchester and Sheffield. More than 40,000 civilians were killed by Luftwaffe
The_Blitz
Form of gambling
a 25 paise bet the returns were at least Rs. 2.25 or more. Khatri's betting was considered more genuine as the cards were reportedly opened in the presence
Matka_gambling
1973 film by George Lucas
financing needed to expand it into a screenplay, but they were unsuccessful. The potential financiers were concerned that music licensing costs would cause the
American_Graffiti
1936 film
They Were Five (French: La Belle Équipe) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, and Viviane Romance
They_Were_Five
1916 armed insurrection in Ireland
600 people were wounded. Many of the civilians were killed or wounded by British artillery fire or were mistaken for rebels. Others were caught in the
Easter_Rising
2012 single by Taylor Swift
"I Knew You Were Trouble" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album, Red (2012). She wrote it with its producers
I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble
1936–1938 campaign in the Soviet Union
Stalin were removed from office and imprisoned, or executed, by the NKVD, including Nikolai Bukharin, Lev Kamenev, and Grigory Zinoviev. The purges were eventually
Great_Purge
Ancient city in Tunisia
Once the Vandals were in power, the ecclesiastical authorities were persecuted, the locals were aggressively taxed, and naval raids were routinely launched
Carthage
travel, tourism, insurance
WERE
WERE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.English : in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).English : The prominent Mather family of New England were established in America by Richard Mather (1596–1669) in 1635. He was a Puritan clergyman from a well-established family of Lowton, Lancashire, England. After he emigrated, he was in great demand as a preacher, finally settling in Dorchester, MA. His son Increase Mather (1639–1723) was a diplomat and president of Harvard. He married his step-sister Maria Cotton, herself the daughter of an eminent Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their son Cotton Mather (1663–1728) bore both family names. The latter was a minister who is remembered for his part in witchcraft trials, but he was also a man of science and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lampton in Greater London (formerly Middlesex) or Lambton in County Durham, named in Old English as ‘farm or settlement where lambs were reared’, from lamb ‘lamb’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Litchfield. The surname is not found in current English records, but of the 52 bearers recorded in the 1881 British Census, 28 were born in Kent, suggesting that a different, unidentified source could be involved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lambourn in Berkshire or Lambourne in Essex, both of which were probably named in Old English as ‘lamb stream’, from lamb ‘lamb’ + burna ‘stream’, i.e. a place where lambs were washed.
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
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Laxton, in East Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Northamptonshire. The Northamptonshire place name is formed from an Old English personal name Leaxa + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other examples were named with Leaxa + -ing- (denoting association with) + tūn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Malden in Surrey (now in Greater London) or Maldon in Essex. Both places were named in Old English as ‘hill with a cross or monument’, from mǣl ‘monument’, ‘cross’ (crucifix) + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a moneyer, Old English myntere, an agent derivative of mynet ‘coin’, from Late Latin moneta ‘money’, originally an epithet of the goddess Juno (meaning ‘counselor’, from monere ‘advise’), at whose temple in Rome the coins were struck. The English term was used at an early date to denote a workman who stamped the coins; later it came to denote the supervisors of the mint, who were wealthy and socially elevated members of the merchant class, and who were made responsible for the quality of the coinage by having their names placed on the coins.
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 (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Loftus in Cleveland, Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, or Loftsome in East Yorkshire. All are named from Old Norse lopt ‘loft’, ‘upper storey’ + hús ‘house’, the last being derived from the dative plural form, húsum. Houses built with an upper storey (which was normally used for the storage of produce during the winter) were a considerable rarity among the ordinary people of the Middle Ages.Irish : English surname adopted by certain bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Lochlainn (see Laughlin) or Ó Lachtnáin (see Lough).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht ‘light’ (not dark), ‘bright’, ‘cheerful’.English : nickname for someone who was busy and active, from Middle English lyght, Old English līoht ‘light’ (not heavy), ‘nimble’, ‘quick’. The two words lēoht and līoht were originally distinct, but they were confused in English from an early period.English : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite, Old English l̄t ‘little’, influenced by lyght as in 1 and 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal names Lēofa (masculine) and Lēofe (feminine) ‘dear’, ‘beloved’. These names were in part short forms of various compound names with this first element, in part independent affectionate bynames.English : apparently a topographic name for someone who lived in a densely foliated area, from Middle English lēaf ‘leaf’; a certain Robert Intheleaves is recorded in London in the 14th century.Americanized form of Swedish Lö(ö)f, Löv, an ornamental name from löv ‘leaf’.English translation of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental surname Blatt.
Surname or Lastname
Northern Irish
Northern Irish : reduced form of Scottish McLean.English : perhaps a variant spelling of Lane.Finnish : ornamental name from laine ‘wave’. This is one of the most common names among those that were derived from words denoting natural features when hereditary surnames were adopted in Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. This name is found chiefly in southern Finland.French : metonymic occupational name for a worker or dealer in wool, from Old French la(i)ne ‘wool’ (Latin lana).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlÄw (see Law 2).Scottish and English : nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.Scottish : from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.
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English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from any of various places named Malpas, because of the difficulty of the terrain, from Old French mal pas ‘bad passage’ (Latin malus passus). It is a common French minor place name, and places in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent, and elsewhere in England were given this name by Norman settlers. A place in Rousillon (southeastern France) that had this name in the 12th century was subsequently renamed Bonpas for the sake of a better omen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, as for example those in Dorset, Norfolk, Rutland, and Suffolk, were named from Old English lang ‘long’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘enclosure’; but one in Essex is recorded in Domesday Book as Laingaham, from Old English LÄhhingahÄm ‘homestead of the people of Lahha’, and one in Lincolnshire originally had as its second element Old Norse holmr ‘island’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lambeth, now part of Greater London, named in Old English as ‘lamb hithe’, from Old English lamb ‘lamb’ + h̄th ‘hithe’, ‘landing place’, i.e. a place where lambs were put on board boat or taken ashore, no doubt in order to supply the meat markets of London on the other side of the river Thames.
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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.
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