Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at cornelis.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Cornelis.

Examples

  • Cornelious may or may not be a French spelling, I dunno, but it has existed in my Nederlandish family since at least 1500 and I will admit was originally spelled "Cornelis".

    Ex-Deputy Shifflett's Files to be Opened at cvillenews.com 2004

  • "Cornelis," repeated Georgina obediently, 'to X-Ray.

    Damsel In Green Neels, Betty 1970

  • For the first time he had stopped calling me 'Cornelis'.

    Greenmantle John Buchan 1907

  • "The Apple Peeler" by Cornelis Bisschop, of a girl sitting in a doorway bathed in daylight and peeling apples, makes beautiful use of perspective, with a second doorway behind her providing a mysterious glimpse of another room outfitted with a painting and lamp.

    Oils on the Runway: Airport Museum-Going 2011

  • It rivals in vivacity the representations by Jacob Hoefnagel (circa 1610; National Library of Austria) and the head study, possibly from life, by Cornelis Saftleven (1638; Boymans Museum, Rotterdam; E. Fuller, Dodo: From Extinction to Icon, London, 2002, pp. 80-81, 111).

    Dutch School Dronte 2010

  • Reinbert Cornelis Wielinga Ned, Itera-Katusha, at 0:42

    2011 Grand Prix Regio Insubrica results 2011

  • Paid the cost to be the bossMaarten Cornelis Jol has an impressive roster of clubs on his CV but, two Dutch cups apart, few achievements to show for it.

    Fulham Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

  • Cornelis 2005 Type III secretion: a secretory pathway serving both motility and virulence.

    Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • It is not possible to reconstruct an identity based on a few lines in the landdrost's loan farm payment ledgers, but the fleeting appearances of individuals like Cornelis Koopman and Jan Swart Jansz testify to the presence of individuals who did not "pass unobtrusively" as settlers or forge an alternative colonial identity such as Griqua.

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

  • It is possible that Cornelis chose to emphasize his connections to one part of his family, while Bartholomeus claimed another.

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.