byron

By-ron · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A masculine given name of English origin.

  2. 2.

    A surname, most famously associated with Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824), the English Romantic poet.

Related words

See also: george, poet

Etymology

From an English surname derived from Old English byre ("barn, cowshed") + a locative suffix, originally indicating someone who lived near a barn or cattle shed.