martin

UK /ˈmɑː.tɪn/ US /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/
name 5noun 1

Definitions

noun

1

Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

name

1

A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, "that christian names are not such indifferent things;" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him.

2

A surname.

It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.

3

A surname.

4

A surname.

5

A placename, including:

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