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Patrick

[pa-trik]

noun

  1. Saint, a.d. 389?–461?, British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.

  2. (Curtis) Lester, 1883–1960, Canadian ice-hockey player and manager, in the U.S. after 1926.

  3. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”



Patrick

/ ˈpætrɪk /

noun

  1. Saint. 5th century ad , Christian missionary in Ireland, probably born in Britain; patron saint of Ireland. Feast day: March 17

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Among the websites is C'est La Vie, a shop purporting to be run by couple Eileen and Patrick for 29 years and based in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter - but with a returns address in China.

From BBC

Seal Beach City Manager Patrick Gallegos said in an email that the city has not yet been served with the complaint and isn’t able to comment on the specifics of the pending litigation.

Chief executive Patrick Stewart said the club had been looking for "a clear football style and identity" and that "success" was expected.

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As a historian of the FBI, I recognize the FBI has had only one other overtly political director in the past 50 years: L. Patrick Gray, who served for a year under President Richard Nixon.

From Salon

Labour lawyer Patrick Deale told state media that the judgment was "a positive and expected outcome" for parental rights in the country.

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