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Amasa

American  
[uh-mey-suh, am-uh-suh] / əˈmeɪ sə, ˈæm ə sə /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence in the late 1800s.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2021

After Amasa and Frances married, they settled in the county seat, Monroeville, where A.C., as he was known, had accepted a position managing a railroad line for a local law firm.

From The New Yorker Dec. 10, 2018

Mills said that while researching the book, she talked to people who remembered the sisters’ father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer, playing golf in a three-piece suit.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2016

It was widely understood that Ms. Lee modeled Atticus on her father, Amasa Coleman “A.C.”

From Washington Post Feb. 19, 2016

Cosy whistled softly, with his hands in his pockets, as Amasa ran his eye over "School-girl Friendships."

From Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 by Various

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