Ronald
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Etymology
Anglicized from a Scottish Gaelic form of , from + , later partly merged with the Germanic equivalent Reynold.
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Quotations
- 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X. Chapter VII, pages 203-204:
- Bridey says if she had a son which please God she will some day she'll call him Ronald because she's mad about Ronald Colman that you see in the Coliseum Cinema. Or Errol, now that's another lovely name, Errol Flynn. ---
- Ronald, says Bridey, Ronald. He's gorgeous.
- No, says Mam, it has to be Irish. Isn't that what we fought for all these years? What's the use of fighting the English for centuries if we're going to call our children Ronald?
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Proper noun
- borrowed from .
Proper noun
- borrowed from .
Proper noun
- borrowed from in the 19th century.
Proper noun
- originally of origin, borrowed back from in the 19th century.