Meaning of Nigel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
2. Synonym of dweeb (“boring or socially inept person”).
   Australia, derogatory
3. A small mining town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.
4. An Englishman.
   derogatory, slang

Examples

“'I thought, sir,' answered Nigel, with as much haughtiness as was consistent with the cool distance he desired to preserve, 'I thought I had told you, my name was Nigel Grahame.' His eminence of Whitefriars on this burst into a loud, chuckling, impudent laugh, repeating the word, till his voice was almost inarticulate, - 'Niggle Green - Niggle Green - Niggle Green! why, my lord, you would be queered in the drinking of a penny pot of Malmsey, if you cry before you are touched.'”

“It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side of the Brexit debate who have fallen victim to potential ‘debanking’.”

“He's such a Nigel, hanging around in the library all day by himself.”

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