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michael | ethan |

As a proper noun michael

is , a variant of michel, popular in the end of the 20th century.

As a verb ethan is

.

michael

English

Etymology 1

From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* Michaell

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
    • Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
  • * 2008 , , The Northern Clemency , Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498:
    • He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
  • (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
  • *
    • And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
  • *
    • And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
    Derived terms
    * Michael acceptor * Michael addition * Michael donor * Michael reaction * take the Michael
    Related terms
    * (pet forms) Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey * (variants) Miles, Mitchell * (feminine forms) Michaela, Michele, Michelle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Michael.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

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    ethan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * :
    • For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
  • * 1889 John Langdon Heaton: The Story of Vermont: p.90 :
    • There have been Ethan' Allen mills, '''Ethan''' Allen stock companies, '''Ethan''' Allen fire companies and ' Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.
  • * 2001 , Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups , ISBN 0375412530, page 88:
    • They would have named him something dignified: Ethan , or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.

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