Meaning of given-nameless | Babel Free

Definitions

Without a given name.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“And, WHEREAS, there was a given-nameless man with the sur[-]tag “Childress” who was very muchly voted into the all-district 2-A team, so is there a “Childress” on this Stamford Bulldog team. Having a first name, however, he is called “Bob” instead of “Jiggs” even though “Bob” isn’t his real name.”

“The report on the funeral of Patrick Dignam was not there either, though it was undoubtedly based on the account in The Evening Telegraph for 13th July, 1904, of the funeral of Mr Mat Kane which, according to the report, was attended by, inter alia, Alfred H. Hunter, John S. Joyce, James A. Joyce, B.A., John Wyse Power, J. H. Menton, Alfred Bergin, Adam S. Findlater, Daniel O’Connell, Geo. Washington (no less), and a certain semi-anonymous body called ‘–Croakley’ who was as given-nameless as the pseudonymous ‘–M’Intosh’.”

“Addressing the first point, the characterization of Mark Spitz is quite different from that of the other given-nameless protagonist discussed in the previous chapter.”

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