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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From Jamie +‎ -son.

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Examples

  • Carrick, Cumnock and Doone Valley - Cathy Jamieson is the strong favourite here and, personally, I hope she wins it as it will mean more jokes from Only An Excuse about her.

    Prediction - South Scotland Jeff 2007

  • Labour MSP and Scottish Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson is given a traditional Ayrshire welcome (registration required) on a visit to the village of Auchinleck in her constituency.

    New Labour - Tough On Anti-Social Behaviour Laban 2005

  • Note 98: See letter from Colin Jamieson, indicating that the Chinese commissioner has been authorized, presumably by the Chinese government, to donate the remnants of the trade collection (Archives of the Philadelphia Museum of Art).

    The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

  • Labour MSP and Scottish Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson is given a traditional Ayrshire welcome (registration required) on a visit to the village of Auchinleck in her constituency.

    Archive 2005-02-13 Laban 2005

  • Roberta Jamieson is Chief of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory for only a few more days.

    Releasing Potential for Achievement: Polishing Canada's Beacon to the World 2004

  • Jamieson caught the Spanish words padre, father, and lluvia, rain.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Jamieson caught the Spanish words padre, father, and lluvia, rain.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • As a matter of fact, Jamieson is so much of a Newfoundlander that he led the opposition in the Confederation debate -- suggesting alternatives that he felt would be better for the island.

    Canadian Foreign Policy—a 1978 Perspective 1978

  • In short, Jamieson is the Secretary of State for External Affairs with the same verve as he is the Member of Parliament for Burin-St.

    Canadian Foreign Policy—a 1978 Perspective 1978

  • During this period and the next twenty minutes, one of Palermo's men, an electronics expert called Jamieson, made a thorough search for all the external alarm signals to both the police and BO Seawitch nearest military HQ.

    Seawitch MacLean, Alistair 1977

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