Cross
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
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The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
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The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United Kingdom: A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in Ireland: A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in Ireland: A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A place in the United States: A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
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A number of places with the name "Cross": A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.
Cross · The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
crossbow · A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots…crossed · Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.crossing · Cross-breeding.