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clare | david |

As an adjective clare

is .

As a proper noun david is

.

clare

English

(wikipedia Clare)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A county in the Republic of Ireland
  • A town in the county of Cavan, Ireland.
  • derived from place names in England and Ireland, and from (etyl) "clay" as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
  • transferred from the surnames (much less common than the female name).

    • Etymology 2

    Medieval English vernacular form of Clara.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , often spelled Claire in the 20th century.
  • * : Act I, Scene IV:
    • Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more,
    But rather wishing a more strict restraint
    Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare .
  • * 1999 Margaret York: The Price of Guilt : page 58:
    • "What's your name?"
    "Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nun of the order of (Saint Clare).

    • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    david

    English

    (wikipedia David)

    Proper noun

  • .
  • * 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
    • David' Copperfield. Dwight '''David''' Eisenhower. Michelangelo's '''David'''. None of these '''Davids''' would seem the same if their names were Dave. ' David , with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
  • * 2000 , Merrick , Ballantine Books (2001), ISBN 0-345-44395-0, page 157:
    • Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David'? I think you look like a ' David , you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
  • The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.
  • * :
    • David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
  • common in Wales.

    • Derived terms

    * Son of David * Star of David * Davidian * davidi

    Related terms

    * (pet forms) Dave, Davey, Davie, Davy; Davo (Australian ) (surnames) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *