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Boleyn

bo·leyn

UK/ˈbəʊlɪn/ US/ˈbʊlɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536)

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Origin

A habitational surname, inherited from Middle English Boleyne, Boloyne (“Boulogne-sur-Mer”), from Old French Boloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia, from classical Bonōnia. Doublet of Bologna and Boulogne.

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