Meaning of Amyas | Babel Free

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A male given name from Latin.

literary, rare

Examples

“The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas, / To come⟳ forthwith unto his Ladies bowre.”

“Because there was fellow-feeling of old in merry England, in county and in town; and these are Devon men, and men of Bideford, whose names are Amyas Leigh of Burrough, John Staveley, Michael Heard, and Jonas Marshall of Bideford, and Thomas Braund of Clovelly: and they, the first of all English mariners, have⟳ sailed round the world with Francis Drake, and are come⟳ hither to give⟳ God thanks.”

“She was an admirer of Kingsley. That's why she called her son Amyas. His father scoffed at the name⟳ - but he gave in.”

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