Buck
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //bʌk//
An English surname transferred from the nickname.
proper noun
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An English surname transferred from the nickname.
The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
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A male given name from Old English.
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A German surname, a variant of Buch.
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An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.
Etymology
* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch. * Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock. * Also as a German surname, variant of Puck. * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).
Buck · An English surname transferred from the nickname.
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