Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.tn̩/
note: US, weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]
homophone: marten stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
Forms: form: Martins
Etymology: From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.
ref: Scene 2
text: 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.
ref: 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale )
text: What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/
ref: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
text: Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough.
ref: 2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica:
glosses: A surname.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a mere.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
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A town in Stephens County and Franklin County, Georgia.
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An unincorporated community in Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
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A minor city in Floyd County, Kentucky.
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A village in Red River Parish, Louisiana.
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A village in Allegan County, Michigan.
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A census-designated place in Keith County, Nebraska.
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A minor city in Sheridan County, North Dakota.
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An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename, including:
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An unincorporated community in Allendale County, South Carolina.
glosses: A placename, including:
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A small city, the county seat of Bennett County, South Dakota.
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A city in Weakley County, Tennessee.
glosses: A placename, including:
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A ghost town and skiing area in Kittitas County, Washington.
glosses: A placename, including:
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An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename, including:
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A number of townships, including in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota, listed under Martin Township.
glosses: A placename, including:
A village in Saint-Jean-du-Sud commune, Sud department, Haiti.
glosses: A placename, including:
A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122.
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A place in England:
A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU0619).
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A place in England:
A village in Langdon parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3347).
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A place in England:
A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2366).
glosses: A placename, including:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish (served by Martin and Martin Dales Parish Council) in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1259).
glosses: A placename, including:
A village in Našice municipality, Osijek-Baranja, Croatia.
glosses: A placename, including:
A city and district in Žilina Region, Slovakia.
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A suburb of Perth in the City of Gosnells, Western Australia.
Derived terms: Combe Martin
Eastleach Martin
Fornham St Martin
Martinborough
Martin Dales
Martin Hussingtree
Martin Mill
Martinsburg
Martins Creek
Martins Heron
Saint Martin
Saint-Martin
Smith-Martin-Dodd syndrome
St Martin-by-Looe
St Martin-in-Meneage
St. Martin Parish
St. Martin's summer
St Martin's summer
St. Martin
St Martin
St-Martin
St.-Martin
St. Martinville
Trimley St Martin
Wareham St Martin
Related terms: Martina
Martinmas
San Martin De Porres