Tyler vs Troy - What's the difference?
tyler | troy |
for a tiler.
transferred from the surname.
* 1930 Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune (published by Time, inc., 1930):
* 1977 Peter Tauber, The Last Best Hope (ISBN 0151483779), page 78:
used since the 1980s.
A city in Minnesota.
A city in Texas.
An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
A city in Alabama.
A city in Michigan.
A city in New York.
derived from the city Troyes in France.
, originally transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
As a noun tyler
is .As an adjective troy is
of, or relating to, troy weight.tyler
English
Proper noun
(s)- However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler' Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named ' Tyler .
- "Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper."
- Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus."
- "Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth."