Mercedes
[mer-se-th es for 1; mer-sey-deez for 2, 3; for 3 also mer-see-deez, mur-si-deez]
- a city in SW Uruguay, on the Río Negro.
- a city in S Texas.
- a female given name.
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Examples from the Web for mercedes
Contemporary Examples
“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
That serves as shorthand for Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche.
Stanley Cohen, a lawyer representing Mercedes Haeffer, one of the defendants in the PayPal14 case, was less diplomatic.
On the way, we found ourselves wedged in traffic between a couple of Mercedes Benzes and a shiny new Jaguar.
So, you see kids partying in a mansion, lounging in a pool, driving a Mercedes—all the standard rap video tropes.
Spike Jonze’s 13 Best Music Videos: Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Fatboy Slim, and MoreMarlow Stern
December 22, 2013
Historical Examples
Mercedes begged, aghast, quaking in realisation of the enormity of her mistake.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
"That's the name she gave when she came here, at least," Mercedes commented.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
The first and last of these were Mercedes Pride and Mr. Lyttleton.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
Indeed, it was no secret to him that Mercedes loved him with a devotion which matched his own.
Sir Henry Morgan, BuccaneerCyrus Townsend Brady
As the buccaneer did so, Mercedes sank on her knees by the side of the dead woman.
Sir Henry Morgan, BuccaneerCyrus Townsend Brady
Word Origin and History for mercedes
Mercedes
fem. proper name, from Spanish, abbreviation of Maria de las Mercedes "Mary of the Mercies," from plural of merced "mercy, grace," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces); see mercy.
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