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Percival

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname originating as a patronymic.

A male given name from the Celtic languages.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.

A former hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals.", an alternative explanation, by Alfred Russel Wallace, F.R.S., etc. London, Macmillan and co., 1907. Source: Internet

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Farrell portrayed Percival Graves, the Director of Magical Security for the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Source: Internet

By 1939, all Dobbie and Percival were able to wring out of the government was the sum of 60,000 pounds, most of which was spent on building machine-gun emplacements along the southern shore of Singapore island and in Johore. Source: Internet

Both killers have acted out of greed and fell into a state of deep grieving after discovering their misdeeds.sfn Shakespearian scholar Arthur Percival Rossiter names the scene as the most notable of the playwright's written "rituals". Source: Internet

Books by Percival Lowell on the Orient include Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan (1891) and Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods (1894), the latter from his third and final trip to the region. Source: Internet

A thanksgiving service was held at St Lawrence's Church in Long Buckby and ended with a rendering of " Bye Bye Blackbird " by John Percival and friends. Source: Internet

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