Simon

Definitions

1. Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
2. Sixpence coin.
   British, dated, slang
3. Alternative letter-case form of simon (“sixpence coin”).
   alt-of
4. A village and river in Brașov, Romania.
5. A US dollar.
   US, archaic, slang
6. A male given name from Hebrew.
7. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now the names of the twelue Apoſtles are theſe: The firſt, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames the ſonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother: Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the Publicane, Iames the ſonne of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whoſe ſurname was Thaddeus: Simon the Canaanite, and Iudas Iſcariot, who alſo betrayed him.”

“His first name⟳ is Simon. I wonder⟳ why his mother named him that, or it may have⟳ been his father. My own⟳ father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is Simon Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple Simon. Met a pie man, going to the fair.”

“Western musicians such as Peter Gabriel, Sting⟳, Paul Simon and David Byrne”

“[…] I ovve Crop the Lender a Brace, and if I have⟳ a ſingle Simon to pay⟳ him, rot me: […]”

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