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eustace

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Eus⋅tace

  [yoo-stuhs]
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–noun
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”
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Eustace 
proper name, from L. Eustachius, probably from Gk. eustakhos "fruitful," from eu- "well" + stakhys "ear (of grain)." Eustachian tubes, in anatomy, so called for It. physician Bartolomeo Eustachia (d.1574), who discovered the passages from the ears to the throat.
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