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- proper noun A short form of
given names such asMallory ,Malcolm etc.
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Examples
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Strabo, p. 782, in his narrative of the retreat of Aelius Gallus, mentions a place which he calls Mal? tha, and of which he says it stood on the bank of a river — a position which few towns in Arabia have.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Mr. Bunting, who goes by the nickname Mal, was to set to step away from the wheel for good Wednesday night.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAOLA LORIGGIO 2011
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Today we have very interesting episode, "Our Mrs. Reynolds", wherein Mal winds up getting married to a mystery woman.
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Mal is ultimately in charge, so what would he decide to do?
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Today we have very interesting episode, "Our Mrs. Reynolds", wherein Mal winds up getting married to a mystery woman.
January 2008 2008
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First, I have great faith that any movie with Captain Mal (erm, Nathan Fillion) will be fantastic. honestly, I think the best book-to-movie translations are those where the moviemaker is not trying to recreate the book onscreen.
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Tim - Mal is the character we really wanted Han Solo to be but never got there.
The 7 Coolest Scenes In Science Fiction Film And Television 2007
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I suspect if anything makes Serenity a hit, it'll be the fact that Mal is the hero, and yet does things that would have made Jean-Luc Picard debate for an hour, and then miraculously find some other way because Good Guys Don't Do That.
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Mal is honorable in his own way, but he can be really mean to his crewmembers.
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Mal is not a vengeful sort of character though, he wouldn't have been trying to stick it to the guy, or leave him with a fate worse than death.
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