Alison

[al-uh-suh n]

noun

a female given name, form of Alice.

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Examples from the Web for alison

When his agent asked if he missed his wife, his mind flashed to an image of Alison.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale|Tim Teeman|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her relationship with him had failed, Alison told Cole, because he reminded her of their dead son.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale|Tim Teeman|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale|Tim Teeman|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most critically, the split perspectives of Noah and Alison need to marry more elegantly.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale|Tim Teeman|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And yet, could Alison Grimes go around the state bragging about this?
Inside the Democrats’ Godawful Midterm Election Wipeout|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this took place after having met Alison Device and refused to sell her any pins.
Witch Stories|E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
"Sit down," said the latter to Alison, pointing to another chair.
A Prairie Courtship|Harold Bindloss
Perhaps he meant the same as Mr. Alison, about a change of life.
Non-combatants and Others|Rose Macaulay
Then he called the woman, who gave the child to Alison, and when she came back somewhat relieved in face she laid out the supper.
A Prairie Courtship|Harold Bindloss
The thought crossed Alison's mind: "I wish she had left me its value in money instead;" but she did not say it aloud.
Briarwood Girls|Julia Lestarjette Glover

British Dictionary definitions for alison

alison

noun

sweet alison another name for sweet alyssum

small alison a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

Word Origin for alison

altered from alyssum

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Word Origin and History for alison

Alison

fem. proper name, from French Alison, a diminutive of Alice.