Casey

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈkeɪsi//

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

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A surname from Irish.
“His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A female given name transferred from the surname.
Casey Anthony was sentenced on Thursday to a four-year jail term, the maximum possible, for lying to the police, but will be freed this month because she has spent nearly three years behind bars in Orlando, Fla., awaiting trial.
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A placename: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.
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A placename: A local government area in eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also named after Baron Casey; in full, the City of Casey.
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A placename: An electoral division in Victoria.
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A placename: A city in Clark County and Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
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A placename: A minor city in Adair County and Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.
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A placename: A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
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A placename: A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, named after George Elliott Casey.
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Variant of Casey StationA placename: Ellipsis of Casey Station; a research station in Wilkes Land in Antarctica.
Last month, Australian and Canadian scientists found pollution at Australia’s largest research station, Casey, has exceeded international guidelines for close to 20 years.
Expeditioners boarding the A319 at Wilkins Aerodrome, near Casey research station, for the flight home to Hobart.
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Variant of Casey CountyA placename: Ellipsis of Casey County.
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Variant of Planned Parenthood v. CaseyinformalEllipsis of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed the right to having an abortion; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

Etymology

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).

Forms

plural: Caseys

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Casey · A surname from Irish.

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