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Arnold

ar·nold

UK/ˈɑːnəld/ US/ˈɑɹnəld/ fairly common

noun

1.

English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

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2.

United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)

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Origin

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle).

Phrases

  • Arnold Palmer
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Arnold West
  • Arnold's cat map
  • Arnold's Cove
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation
  • Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
  • Thorpe Arnold

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