Eustace

[yoo-stuh s]

noun

a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”

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Historical Examples

Primrose is now almost a young lady, and, Eustace tells me, is just as saucy as ever.
Tanglewood Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Put your arms round Eustace's neck,—your own Eustace that's so fond of you.
The Incomplete Amorist
E. Nesbit
The one is that they should journey to La Rochelle, in charge of yourself and Eustace.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve
G. A. Henty
If not, you and Eustace must start back with them, travelling slowly.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve
G. A. Henty
"We may as well do it at once, Monsieur Philip," Eustace said.
Saint Bartholomew's Eve
G. A. Henty

Word Origin and History for eustace

Eustace

masc. proper name, from Old French Eustace (Modern French Eustache), from Latin Eustachius, probably from Greek eustakhos "fruitful," from eu "well" (see eu-) + stakhys "ear (of grain);" see spike (n.1).

Eustace

Examples from the Web for eustace

Historical Examples

Primrose is now almost a young lady, and, Eustace tells me, is just as saucy as ever.

Put your arms round Eustace's neck,—your own Eustace that's so fond of you.

The one is that they should journey to La Rochelle, in charge of yourself and Eustace.

If not, you and Eustace must start back with them, travelling slowly.

"We may as well do it at once, Monsieur Philip," Eustace said.

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