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  • proper noun A male given name, a rare variant of Adolph.

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Examples

  • She added that she donated many Adolpho ensembles over the years, but they wouldn't do much for her now, nor did she have much luck buying clothes for herself at the annual Posh sale that sprouted up a few years ago in Florida.

    Big Dinner Before Shopping Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Adolpho Acencio was found bleeding from his wounds about 2: 45 p.m. in a car in the 5500 block of Eads Street NE, police said.

    D.C. stabbing victim identified Paul Duggan 2010

  • For starters, Bingy was a key suspect in the murder of capo Adolpho (Big Al) Bruno, the Springfield Massachusetts mobster whose spot Arilotta had taken atop the Genovese family's New England rackets when Bruno was whacked in 2003.

    Jerry Capeci: Secret FBI Files: Bingy Was Primed to Flip Two Years Ago 2010

  • Last time, my valiant and crafty Marines, led by the hardened veteran sergeant, Brother Caliphas, managed to hold off his alien attack. this time, my bloodthirsty alien horde tore through both Squad Giovan and Squad Adolpho, rending the marines into so many little chunks of blood, bone, and previously-thought-to-be-protective battle armour.

    July 26th, 2007 archmage 2007

  • The recent Ontario case of plaintiff Adolpho Flora in Ontario is, however, quite different.

    Curing Canada's Sick Health-Care System 2006

  • Adolpho of Saxony succeeded to the empire; and to the papacy, Pietro del Murrone, who took the name of Celestino; but, being a hermit and full of sanctity, after six months renounced the pontificate, and Boniface VIII. was elected.

    The History of Florence 2003

  • Based on one leaf, one capsule valve from a fruit, and a single seed, Adolpho Ducke had described it as a new species, Hevea camporum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • In first thinking about this problem, Schultes deferred to Adolpho Ducke, whom he had met in Manaus on his way upriver.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Based on one leaf, one capsule valve from a fruit, and a single seed, Adolpho Ducke had described it as a new species, Hevea camporum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • In first thinking about this problem, Schultes deferred to Adolpho Ducke, whom he had met in Manaus on his way upriver.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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