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Parris

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name transferred from the surname.

An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

Misspelling of Paris.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it. Arthur Miller

According to the Augusta Chronicle in 2007, the others are Jeanette Mitchell-Bellinger of Miami, and Nicole Parris of Canada. Source: Internet

Also stars Will Catlett, Teyonah Parris, Donielle Tremaine Hansley and Kezii Curtis. Source: Internet

A graveside service will be held at the Calhoun family Cemetery on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. with Bo Parris officiating. Source: Internet

But in an interview with TIME nearly a week later, Parris explained that there had been a misunderstanding, fueled in part by a language barrier, since the boy’s father speaks English as a second language. Source: Internet

For a period, Cambridge continued to issue Bibles using the Parris text, but the market demand for absolute standardization was now such that they eventually adapted Blayney's work, but omitted some of the idiosyncratic Oxford spellings. Source: Internet

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