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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Flemish field marshal during the Thirty Years' War.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the character of till or boulder-clay: as, soil resting on a tilly bed.

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  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Matilda.
  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From Matilda.

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Habitational surname from places in France named Tilly, brought to England by the Normans. The surname may also have other origins, including a matronymic from Matilda.

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