Curtis

 [kur-tis]  

Cur·tis

   [kur-tis]
noun
1.
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
2.
Charles, 1860–1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929–33.
3.
Cyrus Her·mann Kotzsch·mar  [hur-muhn koch-mahr] , 1850–1933, U.S. publisher.
4.
George Tick·nor  [tik-ner] , 1812–94, U.S. attorney and writer.
5.
George William, 1824–92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer.
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6.
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”
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curtis

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English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799) 
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