Mark
proper nounnountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//mɑː(ɹ)k//
- United States//mɑɹk//
- Australia//maːk//
A male given name from Latin.
proper noun
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A male given name from Latin.
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A surname.
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Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.
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The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
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A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).
Etymology
From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
noun
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Variant of MarkarianAbbreviation of Markarian.
Forms
- plural
- Marks