Meaning of Anthony | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A place in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
5. An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
6. A city, the county seat of Harper County, Kansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
8. A city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, bordering onto Anthony, Texas.
9. A town in El Paso County, Texas, bordering onto Anthony, New Mexico.

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Examples

“"...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."”

“It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country.”

“She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint Anthony," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint Anthony?" her husband said. "Who's Saint Anthony?"”

“Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly and must be tackled aggressively if we want life to get back to normal soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday.”

“The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week.”

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