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Courtney vs Lily - What's the difference?

courtney | lily |

As proper nouns the difference between courtney and lily

is that courtney is {{surname|from=Old French} while Lily is {{given name|female|from=English}}. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.

As a noun lily is

any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

As an adjective lily is

white .

courtney

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • * 1593 William Shakespeare, Richard III , Act IV, Scene IV
    • Sir Edward Courtney , and the haughty prelate,
    Bishop of Exeter, his brother there,
    With many moe confederates are in arms.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • * 1985 , B is for Burglar , Macmillan 2005, ISBN 0312939000, page 125
    • "One girl ten, another one eight. Courtney and Ashley. I'd have named 'em something else. Sara and Diane, Patti and Jill, something like that. I don't even understand girls.

    Anagrams

    * English unisex given names

    lily

    English

    (wikipedia lily)

    Noun

    (lilies)
  • Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  • Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  • (heraldiccharge) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  • The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • * (rfdate) Sir Thomas Browne
    • But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * arum lily * belladonna lily * calla lily * cobra lily * day lily * Easter lily * fawn lily * lily of the field * lily of the valley * Mariposa lily * palm lily * rock lily * spider lily * star lily * tiger lily * trout lily * water lily

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
  • * 1994 , Colleen Faulkner, Captive
    • "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.

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