Definitions

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

  • One of the 12 Apostles. In the New Testament, he is a witness to Jesus's miraculous feeding of the multitudes.
  • Husband of Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The great-great-grandson of Victoria, he was given the title Prince in 1957.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common European house-sparrow, Passer domesticus.
  • noun The hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng., Prov. Eng. The European hedge sparrow.
  • noun Prov. Eng. The house sparrow. Called also phip.

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  • proper noun One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.
  • proper noun A male given name.
  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

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

  • noun Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Philippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος ("fond of horses"), from φιλέω (phileō, "I love") + ἵππος (hippos, "horse").

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Examples

  • KATHERINE CALLAWAY HALL, VICTIM OF PHILIP GARRIDO: Philip knocked on my window and said, you know, I can't seem to get my car to start, it's cold, do you think you could give me a ride?

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

  • THE FRENCH SUCCESSION (1328) PHILIP VI (nephew of Philip IV, son of Charles of Valois), the nearest male heir.

    c. France 2001

  • PHILIP II, AUGUSTUS, 1180-1223 A.D. The most considerable additions to the royal domains were made by Philip

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • (To PHILIP) I think I'd better just see what she wants, Philip.

    First Plays 1919

  • Philip chased the boy out; and when he had started, David turned to him, and said, ’Philip, I want to talk to you.

    Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

  • And when I received your letter about solving that mystery in Ocean Park—the publisher still forwards my mail to a P.O. box I keep under the name Philip Snatterly—I knew you could help me.

    The Ghostwriter Secret Mac Barnett 2010

  • Though this new work, like the old one, dealt with the whole of Greek history, he gave it the title Philip - pica, which might be translated Greek History in the

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas KURT VON FRITZ 1968

  • The name Philip is of Greek origin, and much used among the Gentiles, which some make an instance of the degeneracy of the Jewish church at this time, and their conformity to the nations; yet Christ changed not his name.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • Unlike Kyle, who’d taken at least ten seconds to figure out who Cynthia Marlow was, Lucinda knew the name Philip Harris the instant she read the announcement at the bottom of the cathedral steps.

    Secret Agent Robyn Freedman Spizman 2005

  • Unlike Kyle, who’d taken at least ten seconds to figure out who Cynthia Marlow was, Lucinda knew the name Philip Harris the instant she read the announcement at the bottom of the cathedral steps.

    Secret Agent Robyn Freedman Spizman 2005

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