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- proper noun A
habitational surname . - proper noun A male
given name transferred from the surname.
Etymologies
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Examples
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American baseball player was born Tyrus Raymond Cobb in Royston, Georgia.
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Finding Ty Cobb's tomb in Royston was easy since there were signs directing you to the graveyard which housed the tomb.
All we need is Blog? Ed 2003
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Finding Ty Cobb's tomb in Royston was easy since there were signs directing you to the graveyard which housed the tomb.
Archive 2003-08-01 Ed 2003
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Tenement to discharge and acquit all such Persons as then shall dwell in the said Towne of Royston, that is to mean within the side of
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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The poetical conclusion of the paragraph just quoted implies, I suspect, a very elegant personal compliment to one of the belles of the ball, and who should the "Northern Star" be if not my lady Hardwicke, the first lady of that name, in whose newly acquired title the Royston people took a pride -- or at least it must have been a lady from the
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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This week's episode is mostly dictated by the commands of one "Royston", who left a comment on episode 13 in which he listed subjects he would like to hear discussed.
Botherer 2010
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The running of the "Royston" Races over a course on the west end of the present Heath will be referred to under the head of "Sports and
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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City council chief Royston Smith said six shots were fired — two as he grappled with the gunman.
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There, on the third floor, the city council leader, Royston Smith, is forcing through council plans that are making the city a test case for public sector cuts – and of public attitudes towards resulting strikes.
The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain 2011
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Among the visitors on board was the leader of Southampton city council, Royston Smith, who last night said he had helped wrestle the person allegedly behind the shooting to the floor.
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