Curtis
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkɜːtɪs//
- United States//ˈkɝtɪs//
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person.
proper noun
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An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
A cold world, Curtis, in every office but thine; and therefore, fire.
The night once come, our happiness, our unhappiness, — it is all abolished; vanished, clean gone; a thing that has been: ‘not of the slightest consequence’ whether we were happy as eupeptic Curtis, as the fattest pig of Epicurus, or unhappy as job with potsherds, as musical Byron with Giaours and sensibilities of the heart […]
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Alcona County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Frontier County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
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A municipality in A Coruña province, Galicia, Spain.
Etymology
From Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite, courteous”). Doublet of courteous.
Curtis · An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person.
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