Mallory
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈmæləɹi//
An English surname from Old French.
proper noun
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An English surname from Old French.
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A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
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A place in the United States: A township in Clayton County, Iowa.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Minnesota.
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A place in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Etymology
From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).
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