Hugh (given name)
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Etymology


Old French short form of names beginning with the element , such as Hubert.

Proper noun



  1. popular in the Middle Ages, and in regular use in modern times.

Quotations

: Scene 2:
  • I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.
 
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