What is the name meaning of MERCE. Phrases containing MERCE
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MERCE
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English
English : nickname, perhaps for a messenger, from Middle English gÅ(n) ‘to go’ (Old English gÄn) + lihtly ‘lightly’, ‘swiftly’ (Old English lÄ“oht(lÄ«c)).Scottish : altered form of a surname of uncertain origin, possibly an unidentified habitational name. The earliest known bearer is William Galithli, who witnessed a charter at the beginning of the 13th century. Henry Gellatly, an illegitimate son of William the Lion, of whom little or nothing is known, was the grandfather of Patric Galythly, one of the pretenders to the crown of Scotland in 1291.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac an Ghallóglaigh ‘son of the galloglass’, Irish gallóglach. A galloglass was a mercenary retainer or auxiliary soldier (a compound of gall ‘foreigner’ (see Gall 1) + óglach ‘youth’, ‘warrior’). The name is also found pseudo-translated as English.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary (see Mark 2). It is notable that early examples of the surname tend to occur near borders, for example on the Kent-Sussex boundary.English : possibly an occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English mark(en) ‘to put a mark on’, although it is not clear what the exact nature of the work of such a ‘marker’ would be.English : relatively late development of Mercer. There is one family in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who spelled their name Mercer or Marcer in the 16th century, but Marker in the 17th.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish marker ‘servant’.German : status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.Danish : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Markward.
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English and Catalan
English and Catalan : occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier, Late Latin mercarius (an agent derivative of merx, genitive mercis, ‘merchandise’). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.
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Latin American Spanish
Merry.
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Latin
Mercies. Refers to Mary as Our Lady of Mercies.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill, or a habitational name from Underhill in Devon, named from Old English under ‘under’ + hyll, or from Underhill in Kent, named from Old English under + helde ‘slope’.John Underhill (c.1597–1672) was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. His father was a mercenary in the Netherlands, and he himself became a cadet in the Prince of Orange’s guards. In 1630 he emigrated to Boston, MA, where he was appointed captain of militia. In 1664–65 he played a significant role in helping to bring the Dutch colony of New Netherland under English control.
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American, British, English
Merchant; Storekeeper
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American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, French, German, Hebrew, Jamaican, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Mercies; Grace; Ransom; Wages; Meditation Staff; Merciful
Female
English
Spanish name derived from a title of the Virgin Mary, MarÃa de las Mercedes ("Mary of Mercies"), MERCEDES means "mercies."
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English and French
English and French : occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier (see Mercer).
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English (mainly Lancashire)
English (mainly Lancashire) : patronymic from the Norman personal name Hamo, Hamon (see Hammond).Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh ‘descendant of Amhsach’ a byname meaning ‘mercenary soldier’ or ‘messenger’, from the adjective amhasach ‘aggressive’.
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English and French
English and French : from Anglo-Norman French brabançon. This was originally an ethnic term for a native of the duchy of Brabant (see Brabant). By the 13th century it had passed into generic use as an occupational name for a mercenary, specifically a member of one of the more or less independent marauding bands of mercenaries, noted for their lawlessness and cruelty. These originated in Brabant and Flanders, but in the course of time accepted recruits from anywhere.
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British, English
Storekeeper
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English French
Merchant.
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Italian
Merciful.
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Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Blessing
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Latin
Divine one.
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Hindu, Indian
Kingdom
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Hindu, Indian
Always Concentrating
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, German
Ruler of the People; The People's Ruler
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Muslim
Grey-haired, Aged
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Tamil
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Indian, Sikh
Full of Dreams
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English
English : unexplained.
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Australian, Greek
Love
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n.
A dealer in silks; a silk mercer.
adv.
In a mercenary manner.
n.
The quality or state of being mercenary; venality.
a.
Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
v. i.
To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
n.
A mercenary.
n.
The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.
n.
The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals.
n.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.
n.
Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.
n.
The quahog.
n.
A mercenary or venal person.
a.
Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.
n.
One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.
pl.
of Mercenary
a.
Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
n.
One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary.
n.
The business of a mercer.
a.
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.
a.
Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.