Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Christian missionary and patron saint of Ireland.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal variant of partridge.
  • noun A base coin, the eighth of a denier, authorized for Ireland in 1460, under Henry VI.

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  • proper noun A male given name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century

Etymologies

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The name of an Irish saint, latinized as Patricius "patrician"; it might originally represent some lost Celtic name.

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