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david | mary |

As a proper noun david

is .

As a noun mary is

(gay slang|chiefly|us) a male homosexual.

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

    mary

    English

    (wikipedia Mary)

    Proper noun

    (Marys)
  • .
  • * 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan : Canto the Fifth: IV:
  • I have a passion for the name of Mary , / For once it was a magic sound to me: / And still it half calls up the realm of fairy / Where I beheld what never was to be.
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names :
  • Mary , which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and the young;
  • * 1905 , Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway , Mary is a Grand Old Name ( a song)
  • For it was Mary'; '''Mary''' / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say "Marie". / But it was '''Mary'''; ' Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.
  • The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
  • * :
  • Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
  • The 19th sura (chapter) of the Quran
  • Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.
  • * :
  • Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • (Ireland, dated) A middle name for a male, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.
  • Usage notes

    * The given name was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century. It was very popular from the 17th to the 20th century.

    Derived terms

    * Marian * Bloody Mary * Mary Ann * Mary Jane

    Coordinate terms

    * Amina

    Anagrams

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