Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name.

Etymologies

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Unknown. It has been suggested that it is from Arabic نَزِير, nazīr, rare, trivial, but if it is Arabic, perhaps more likely would be نَذِير, naḍīr auspicious, boding well (?) Represents the word 'rare' in hebrew

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Examples

  • The perfected ascetic of the Nadir is rarely the philospher king of the mid heaven.

    Astrology for Capricorns 2008

  • The Nadir is the transition from mutable air (Gemini) into cardinal water (Cancer).

    Astrology for Capricorns 2008

  • My friend Nadir is driving me there to visit Munib al-Masri, one of Yasir Arafat's oldest friends and now the richest man in Palestine.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • My friend Nadir is driving me there to visit Munib al-Masri, one of Yasir Arafat's oldest friends and now the richest man in Palestine.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • Peter Bates, 61, who had just returned from 12 days in Romania with four members of his family, said he could "just about" recall Nadir leaving 17 years ago.

    Asil Nadir, back in UK after 17 years, accused of £34m fraud 2010

  • The Lord of the Nadir is the black sun, older brother of our sun.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The Lord of the Nadir is the black sun, older brother of our sun.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • For the Nadir were a nomadic race: hunters, war'riors and killers who built nothing, caring little for the bleakness of their future.

    Waylander Gemmell, David 1986

  • Meanwhile, the newly refurbished 183-foot vessel formerly owned by Cousteau (once dubbed Nadir, oddly enough, and now dubbed the more pleasant-sounding MV Alucia) has had to be put up for sale even before it is finished.

    chron.com Chronicle 2009

  • Meanwhile, the newly refurbished 183-foot vessel formerly owned by Cousteau (once dubbed Nadir, oddly enough, and now dubbed the more pleasant-sounding MV Alucia) has had to be put up for sale even before it is finished.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2009

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