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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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A rare spelling variant of Collins, from the given name Colin.

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Examples

  • "I don't think we have the answers yet, but we certainly encourage work to continue on this issue," said Charles Collyns , U.S. Treasury's assistant secretary of international finance.

    IMF Plan Sees Role for Fund in Crises Ian Talley 2011

  • Healthy & Organic Living magazine's editor Kate Collyns has written to subscribers to apologise.

    Media Maxine 2009

  • Healthy & Organic Living magazine's editor Kate Collyns has written to subscribers to apologise.

    Waiter, there's poison in my soup Maxine 2008

  • Healthy & Organic Living magazine's editor Kate Collyns has written to subscribers to apologise.

    August 2008 Maxine 2008

  • Healthy & Organic Living magazine's editor Kate Collyns has written to subscribers to apologise.

    Waiter, there's poison in my soup Maxine 2008

  • Napier Collyns, who insisted that this subject would properly bring together international affairs, oil and energy, and narrative history; and to James Schlesinger, who was extremely gracious with his insights, experience, and time.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Napier Collyns, who insisted that this subject would properly bring together international affairs, oil and energy, and narrative history; and to James Schlesinger, who was extremely gracious with his insights, experience, and time.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Collyns, the Warwick solicitor, who added the attestation clause.

    Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875

  • Collyns to show you the way, and mend your bones as fast as you smash them.

    The Water-Babies Charles Kingsley 1847

  • China has allowed the yuan to appreciate about 3.8 percent against the U.S. dollar since June, or at a 10 percent annual rate in real terms, Treasury Assistant Secretary Charles Collyns said in a speech last night in San Francisco.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

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