Dunstan

Definitions

1. A male given name from Old English.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Examples

“"Let⟳ me do one thing more for you," she said. "Let⟳ me rename you. How on earth did you ever get⟳ yourself called Dunstable?" "My mother's maiden name⟳," said I. "Lots of people in Canada get⟳ landed with their mother's maiden name⟳ as a Christian name⟳. But what's wrong with it?" "It's hard to say⟳, for one thing," said she, "and it sounds like⟳ a cart rumbling over cobblestones. You'll never get⟳ anywhere in the world named Dumbledum Ramsay. Why don't you change⟳ it to Dunstan? St. Dunstan was a marvellous person and very much like⟳ you - mad about learning, terribly stiff and stern and scowly, and an absolute wizard at withstanding temptation.”

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