Nicholas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈnɪk.ləs/
rhymes: -ɪkələs
rhymes: -ɪkləs
homophone: knickerless (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: Nicholases
form: Nicolas
form: Nickolas
raw_tags: of non-English origin
form: Nikolas
raw_tags: of non-English origin
Etymology: From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”).
Senses: examples: text: Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas’ clerks, I'll give thee this neck.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: I must call you Nick—we always did call you young Nick when we knew you meant to marry the old widow. Some said you had a handsome family likeness to old Nick, but that was your mother's fault, calling you Nicholas. Aren't you glad to see me again?
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LIII, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book V, page 182:
text: Our guest, New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore, recently wrote a series of articles about Carlson drawing on an analysis of more than 1,100 episodes of his show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," conducted by Confessore and a team of Times reporters as well as interviews with dozens of current and former Fox executives, producers and journalists.
ref: 2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Dave Davies, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, notably born by St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Combe St Nicholas
Deeping St Nicholas
Nicholas County
Nicholasville
Nicholine
St Nicholas
St Nicholas and Bonvilston
St Nicholas at Wade
St Nicholas Hurst
Sydling St Nicholas
Related terms: word: Santa Claus
sense: male given names
word: Claus
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word: Colin
sense: male given names
word: Klaus
sense: male given names
word: Nichol
sense: male given names
word: Nicol
sense: pet forms
word: Cole
sense: pet forms
word: Kolya
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word: Nick
sense: pet forms
word: Nicky
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word: Nico
sense: female given names
word: Colette
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word: Nicki
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word: Nicola
sense: female given names
word: Nicole
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word: Nikki
word: Coales
word: Cole
word: Coles
word: Colin
word: Coll
word: Collard
word: Colle
word: Collen
word: Collet
word: Collett
word: Collin
word: Colling
word: Collinge
word: Collings
word: Collins
word: Collinson
word: Collis
word: Collison
word: Colls
word: Collyns
word: Colson
word: Coules
word: Coulson
word: Cowles
word: Cowling
word: Nichol
word: Nicholds
word: Nicholl
word: Nicholls
word: Nichols
word: Nicholson
word: Nickalls
word: Nickel
word: Nickell
word: Nickells
word: Nickels
word: Nickerson
word: Nickisson
word: Nickle
word: Nickless
word: Nicklin
word: Nickolds
word: Nickolls
word: Nickols
word: Nicks
word: Nickson
word: Nicol
word: Nicolas
word: Nicoll
word: Nicolls
word: Nicolson
word: Nix
word: Nixon
word: Nixson