Dave

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.
2. A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
3. A female given name.
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Examples

“David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete⟳, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name⟳ is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound⟳ like⟳ you should be wearing a coonskin cap.”

“Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send⟳ two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer⟳ for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened.”

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