Alphonso
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”
- Also Al·phonse [al-fons, -fonz; French al-fawns]. /ˈæl fɒns, -ˈfɒnz; French alˈfɔ̃s/.
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How to use Alphonso in a sentence
When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.
Pennsylvania played host to the most infamous criminal in history: Alphonse ‘Scarface’ Capone.
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"Don Alvar de Mendoce, for example," muttered Alphonse, between his teeth.
"The Seorita is a pearl of prudence and discretion: do whatever she desired you," said Alphonse.
Desiring him to attend his orders outside, Alphonse broke open the envelope.
Exhausted by her emotion, she would have fallen on the ground, had not Alphonse caught her and raised her in his arms.
One fainting-fit succeeded to another; till at last Alphonse began to be seriously alarmed.
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