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Algernon

[al-jer-nuh n, -non]
noun
  1. a male given name: from an Old North French word meaning “whiskered.”
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Examples from the Web for algernon

Historical Examples

  • The echo of that derision was soon lost in the jingle of Algernon's guineas.

    Audrey Craven

    May Sinclair

  • Algernon Sidney, beheaded on Tower Hill, was his descendant.

  • And, handing his card to one of Sir Algernon's companions, he strode out of the hall.

    We Two

    Edna Lyall

  • Presently Sir Algernon ceased to kick, his struggles grew fainter.

    We Two

    Edna Lyall

  • By her light I am inditing these words to thee, my Algernon.

    Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush

    William Makepeace Thackeray

Word Origin and History for algernon

Algernon

masc. proper name, literally "with mustaches," from Old French als gernons, from a les "to the, with the" + gernon, variant of grenon "mustache," from Vulgar Latin *granonem, from a Germanic source (cf. Old English granu "mustache").

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