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Vinony

Vincent

proper noun

  1. utility aircraft model by Vickers
  2. male given name
  3. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪnsənt/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

  1. A male given name from Latin.

    “Starry starry night. Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.”

    “Even their names hinted at a childishness they would never grow out of. When Vincent himself was grown-up, he wondered if this was why they had given their unlooked-for son such a mature name - although later still Vincent suspected that he might have been named for the Vincent Rapide motorbike. As with most things to do with Billy and Georgie, it was too late to ask.”

  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
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  9. A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti.
  10. A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.
  11. A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  12. A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Vincent.

noun

Etymology: From the Latin verb vincō. It could be either the stem of the present active participle vincēns (“the conquering man”) or the third-person plural future active indicative meaning ‘they will conquer’.

  1. The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.

    “If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]”