单词 | christen name |
释义 | > as lemmaschristen name christen name n. now rare a name given to a person at his or her christening or baptism; a personal name, as distinguished from a family name or surname; (also figurative and in extended use) a true name; a name given to something; = Christian name n. at Christian adj. and n. Compounds 3. [In later use perhaps an error for Christian name , possibly partly as a result of folk-etymological association with christen v. 3a.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name > Christian name christen namec1330 Christian name1542 font-name1652 given name1827 baptismal name1869 baptismal1872 c1330 Otuel (Auch.) (1882) l. 1154 Otuel is my cristine name: Mahun ich habbe for sake. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 454 For we bere a cristen name Ye putte on vs a cryme & eek a blame. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie (new ed.) 3rd Serm. sig. Gvv, (margin) Brybes..are callyd gentyl rewardes, but that is not theyr chrysten name. 1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans i. ii. 9 My Grandmother wou'd never own me if I should change the cursen name she gave me. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 99 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Ancient Roman Women had a Fore-name, or a Christen-Name besides their Sir Name. 1921 Jrnl. Educ. 6 Jan. 9/2 95 per cent. of Welsh [family] names are from christen-names which formerly became patronymics, preceded by an ap or ab, for map, meaning son. 1963 Salt Lake Tribune 15 Dec. (Home Mag.) 19/2 The 275-foot windjammer slid into the waters of Ramsey Bay from the Isle of Man under the christen name of Euterpe. < as lemmas |
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