1. desmond - Noun
2. Desmond - Proper noun
A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".
A male given name transferred from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.
desmond (plural desmonds)
(Britain, rhyming slang, education) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. Gloria Swanson
As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano. Boz Scaggs
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change. Jody Williams
I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation. Bono
I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to. Craig Ferguson
Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on! Anna Chlumsky