Patrick

Pat·rick

[pa-trik]
noun
1.
Saint, a.d. 389?–461?, British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
2.
(Curtis) Lester, 1883–1960, Canadian ice-hockey player and manager, in the U.S. after 1926.
3.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”
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Patrick (ˈpætrɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Saint. 5th century ad, Christian missionary in Ireland, probably born in Britain; patron saint of Ireland. Feast day: March 17

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Patrick is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.
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Patrick
masc. proper name, from O.Ir. Patraicc, from L. Patricius, lit. "a patrician" (see patrician). As a given name, chiefly in northern England and Scotland, in Ireland only a popular name after 1600, due probably to the Scots settlers in Ulster. [Reaney]
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