Definitions

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  • proper noun A Scottish surname.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymologies

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Place name in Scotland, probably from a Celtic word meaning "wood", or a forest.

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Examples

  • CARSON (turning to the thoroughly nettled KEITH): Now, Keith, and this is very important, are you a rationalist?

    LewRockwell.com 2010

  • CARSON (turning to the thoroughly nettled KEITH): Now, Keith, and this is very important, are you a rationalist?

    LewRockwell.com 2009

  • We put the word out, carefully, to what few pockets of experienced resistance were left—people with the right skills and beliefs, the right temperament—and the name Keith Sutter came back, again and again.

    AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

  • We were always hearing stories, and most of them, sooner or later, included the name Keith Sutter.

    AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

  • Floyd explains that his late wife had liked the name Keith and modified it for his daughter.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Floyd explains that his late wife had liked the name Keith and modified it for his daughter.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Floyd explains that his late wife had liked the name Keith and modified it for his daughter.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Vapor lock is the term Keith used in his excellent diary of the 1985 season,

    Faith and Fear in Flushing 2009

  • Vapor lock is the term Keith used in his excellent diary of the 1985 season,

    Faith and Fear in Flushing 2009

  • I'll give these collective abusers the name Keith, because so many blokes called Keith seem to talk from their hole.

    Joe Mott: Tabloid Tossers - be Nice to us Hacks Joe Mott 2011

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