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  • proper noun A male given name, variant of Alfonso.

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Examples

  • He said the next day, when they were experiencing the same problems, he called Alphonso Diving from St. John's to come out and get a closer look at the problem.

    The Charter: News 2009

  • She and a neighbor, identified as Alphonso Bueno, ran outside and took off after the suspect, later identified as Edgar Palacios, 19, of Woodland.

    Daily Democrat Most Viewed 2009

  • She and a neighbor, identified as Alphonso Bueno, ran outside and took off after the suspect, later identified as Edgar Palacios, 19, of Woodland.

    Daily Democrat Most Viewed 2009

  • She and a neighbor, identified as Alphonso Bueno, ran outside and took off after the suspect, later identified as Edgar Palacios, 19, of Woodland.

    Daily Democrat Most Viewed 2009

  • The Alphonso is a very popular type of mango grown in India.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Karl.kehle 2009

  • Page 297 alone manages to refer to Alonso in The Tempest as "Alphonso," describe him as duke of Naples, rather than its king, invent for Gonzalo a nonexistent comparison of the courtiers 'garments seemingly new-dyed by salt water to "players' costumes, "and misread Prospero's account of the witch Sycorax (predictably yet another caricature of Queen Elizabeth) arriving on the island" with child "as meaning she already had a small Caliban trotting by her side.

    The One and Only Barton, Anne 2006

  • -- _ (Son of his sire) commonly called "Alphonso," but sometimes "Buttons."

    Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season. John Leighton 1867

  • Alphonso flung back on Jack, a sorry antagonist by this time, who could only pant and quiver where he lay in the welter of what was left of him.

    CHAPTER XXIX 2010

  • Also, in an interval, her eyes malevolent in her rage, she chattered piercing curses at Alphonso.

    CHAPTER XXIX 2010

  • "It's Alphonso -- shillings to pence it is," Collins called to one of his assistants who was running beside him.

    CHAPTER XXIX 2010

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