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- proper noun A male
given name , variant ofAlfonso .
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Examples
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•Alonzo Mourning: Alonzo is the hardest working big man in the game and the Heat all-time leading scorer with 9,310 points.
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I realized I didn't know the name Alonzo because I had never been given it in the first place.
'The Scarecrow' 2009
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"I have great confidence in Alonzo," Van Gundy said.
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It featured young stars in Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson and played an exciting brand of ball.
USATODAY.com - Few left to watch Hornets' lame-duck push 2002
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He hadn't been playing as well as he did tonight but Alonzo is a special basketball player.
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So Roland Burris on Friday told members of the House committee investigating the impeachment of Governor Blagojevich that he had called Alonzo ( "Lon") Monk ( "Lobbyist 1" in the federal criminal complaint against Blago).
Carol Felsenthal: When Burris Wanted to Get to Blagojevich, He Called Lon Monk 2009
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'She has a young adorer that I have dubbed Alonzo, whom she scarce notices.'
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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'She has a young adorer that I have dubbed Alonzo, whom she scarce notices.'
The Tale of Chloe George Meredith 1868
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'She has a young adorer that I have dubbed Alonzo, whom she scarce notices.'
Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He knew every thought of her heart, and had, in his nature, that delicacy of feeling that approved her conduct: from him she intended to solicit his interference with Favilla, never to name Alonzo to her but as a friend, for only in such a light would she receive him, should he arrive at the castle.
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