Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A surname.
- n. A male given name transferred from the surname.
- n. A female given name transferred from the surname, also a pet form of Cora, Corinne and similar sounding names.
Etymologies
- An English patronymic surname derived from an Old Norse given name Kori of uncertain meaning. In Ireland Anglicised from Irish Ó Comhraidhe, "descendant of Comhraidhe", a name with equally uncertain meaning. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the lower right is a hot air balloon, wherein Cory dwells just below the stratosphere in the blogosphere, as noted by xkcd.”
“Cory is focused on jobs, the economy and reigning in spending.”
The Huffington Post: Jesse Benn: Gardner Not Talking Social Issues In Colorado's 4th
“Cory is much unlike the second woman to become president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is attempting to emulate Marcos by attempting to become a dictator and trying to outdo Marcos in corruption and human-rights violations.”
Global Voices in English » Philippines: People mourn death of Corazon Aquino
“Besides his fiction, Cory is also a vocal technology activist, most notably on the subjects of digital rights management and other copyright/content related issues.”
“This true story of Hal Friedman's son, Cory, is a gift of honesty, huge courage, and hope, and a reminder that against all medical advice and odds, human beings can prevail.”
Against Medical Advice by James Patterson & Hal Friedman: Book summary
“She was just a guest star in this Bruce Willis/Damon Wayans action film ended far too quickly when her stripper-character, Cory, is savagely murdered only minutes after she shakes her money-maker.”
“Cory is brilliantly creative and very game -- he would take anything I could throw at him and roll with it.”
“Cory is not alone in believing that net access is too important to be regulated solely in the interests of the entertainment industry.”
“MR: Cory, would you call Cory Mon & The Starlight Gospel's Turncoats a concept album?”
“Then there's Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, which takes on the incursion into our civil rights and liberties taking place right now - certainly Cory is "someone with something to say" choosing to say his piece in SF, and as for this being "the place where people go to read what such people have to say" - well, Little Brother has been several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Cory’.
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PECH - marine zoologists
Immortal people after whom waterborne species were named. Most of them have been marine zoologists, I would guess.
e.g. Gates' goblet, Humphrey's buccinum, Turton's moon snail, etc.Schnakenbeck, Steindachner, Winterbottom, Czekanowski, Largilliert, Monterosato, Tachanovsky, Tankerville, Aldovrandi, Blainville, Burkenroad, Burmeister and 286 more...
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