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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Averil," he said, "you may do a great thing for the Empire to-night -- if you will."
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"Averil," he said suddenly, "you aren't going to send me to the right-about again, are you?"
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"DEAR MADAM: We have much pleasure in informing you that your charming story 'Averil's Atonement' has won the prize of twenty-five dollars offered in our recent competition.
Anne of the Island 1908
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After the author had written the two stories separately, he and his editor, Averil
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Outsider Lacey is up against best-known candidate Geoffrey Hill, whose backer, Professor Dame Averil Cameron, describes him as “a lecturer of unrivalled power, whose standing as a poet gives his discourse an added dimension”.
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The courageous Averil and her brave bondmate have gained wisdom as both sadly understand what she must do.
The Last Paladin-Kathleen Bryan « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Averil knows she must confront the amoral sorcerers before the Serpent God arrives; if she fails to stop their incantations in time, Chaos will rule over Order.
The Last Paladin-Kathleen Bryan « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Dame Averil Cameron, a leading scholar of the era, supports that point of view and I have been instructed that the good Dame would manscape my ass if I suggested otherwise.
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Averil has become the queen of the Kingdom of Lys with the death of her wicked uncle King Clodovec.
The Last Paladin-Kathleen Bryan « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Pero sus ensayos fueron los que le dieron su justa fama, Averil, The Path to Rome y especialmente The Servile State y The Party System, este último en colaboración con Cecil Chesterton.
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