Definitions

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  • proper noun UK A male given name, always rare, best known in Scotland.

Etymologies

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Anglicized from Scots Gaelic Torcall, from Old Norse Þorkell, from older Þorketill, from Þórr "Thor" + ketill "(sacrificial) cauldron".

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Examples

  • Stewart, George, midshipman on the _Bounty_ ( "Torquil" of _The Island_), v. 583, 584; short account of, _v.

    The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Tahiti (September 20), where sixteen of the mutineers, including the midshipman George Stewart (the "Torquil" of _The Island_), were put on shore.

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • "Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").

    Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010

  • "Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").

    Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010

  • "Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts").

    Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop Kristi York Wooten 2010

  • I dig the styling of Torquil Harkness's homebrew laptop PC.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • “And for what were they born, save to die for their chief?” said Torquil, composedly.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • It was as if a wolf from the skirts of Farragon had said, ‘Give me thy child in wedlock, Torquil.’

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • Torquil, in particular, kept close behind, for the purpose of covering him.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • It was lucky for Eachin that Torquil was incapable, from the formation of his own temper, and that of those with whom he had lived, to conceive the idea of one of his own tribe, much less of his chief and foster son, being deficient in animal courage.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

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