Doyle
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //dɔɪl//
A surname from Irish.
proper noun
- 1
A surname from Irish.
But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002. It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument.
- 2
A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).
noun
- 1
An idiot.
Forms
- plural
- Doyles