Mervyn
Proper noun
Meaning
Mervyn
A male given name from Welsh.
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Examples
According to the memoirs of the Reverend Mervyn S. Evers, Anglican chaplain to the Lancashire Fusiliers: "The Schwaben Redoubt'' by William Orpen.
In 1912, the same year his brother David built the grand First Street SW home, Mervyn also built a fine Arts and Crafts home at 936 Toronto St., today 76 Third St. SW.
Peter Sutch, Ethics, Justice, and International Relations, p.62 However, he goes on to show that such arguments cannot be leveled against the particular communitarian theories of Michael Walzer and Mervyn Frost.
Mervyn Miller, in his book English Garden Cities: An Introduction, speaks of “unconventional citizens, promenading around their utopia in smocks and sandals, womenfolk resplendent in flowing robes, hatless and gloveless”.
Mervyn was one of the few who took arms against the Furies in The Kindly Ones ; but is easily killed.
The Collected Poems of Mervyn Peake was published by Carcanet Press in June 2008.