Quincy

American  

[kwin-zee, -see, kwin-see] / ˈkwɪn zi, -si, ˈkwɪn si /

noun

1. Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.

2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

3. a city in W Illinois, on the Mississippi.

4. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

He produced hip-hop tracks, wrote the score for an off-Broadway play attended by Quincy Jones, and came under Jones’ tutelage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Claude James Jr., a behavioral specialist at a Boston high school, said the rent for the one-bedroom apartment he shares with his fiancée in suburban Quincy, Mass., eats up half of his monthly net income.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The first concerns Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, which supports an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The exercise marks BRICS's increased emphasis on security issues, said Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Programme at the US-based Quincy Institute.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

After they go inside, Quincy and Legend appear and join Charlotte and me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko