h. jarvis raymond

Ray·mond

[rey-muhnd]
noun
1.
Henry Jar·vis [jahr-vis] , 1820–69, U.S. publicist: founder of The New York Times.
2.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “counsel” and “protection.”
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Raymond
masc. proper name, from O.Fr. Raimund, from Frank. *Raginmund "counsel-protection" or "might-protection," from ragin "counsel, might" + mund "hand, protection" (cf. O.H.G. munt, O.E. mund, second element in Edmund, Sigismund, etc.).
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H. jarvis raymond is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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