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Former oil company
Vickers Petroleum Company was an oil company founded by John A. (Jack) Vickers, Sr. In 1918, Vickers established a refinery in Potwin, Kansas to process
Vickers_Petroleum
American oil and sports executive
Jack A. Vickers Jr. (August 8, 1925 – September 24, 2018) was an oil and sports executive who started work for Vickers Petroleum Company in 1946 as a scout
Jack_A._Vickers
United States historic place
The Vickers Petroleum Service Station is a historic building constructed in 1954 in Haysville, Kansas. It was the first service station to feature a hyperbolic
Vickers Petroleum Service Station
Vickers_Petroleum_Service_Station
Kansan architect
Convention Center, Wichita State University's Ablah Library, and the Vickers Petroleum Service Station in Haysville, Kansas which was the first gas station
John_M._Hickman
Topics referred to by the same term
in 2002 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (1871-2007), the former shipbuilding and armaments division of Vickers Armstrongs Vickers Petroleum (1918–1980)
Vickers_(disambiguation)
American meat processor
the Ryan Insurance Group in 1977. Esmark left the petroleum business in 1980, selling Vickers Petroleum to Mobil, while Swift's fresh-meat business was
JBS_USA
French multinational energy and petroleum company
50% by CFP, bought the American refining and marketing assets of Vickers Petroleum as part of a sell-off by Esmark of its energy holdings. This purchase
TotalEnergies
Former National Hockey League team (1976–1982)
under while acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. The failure of Vickers' petroleum business left him unable to pay the lease at McNichols Arena in 1978
Colorado_Rockies_(NHL)
American basketball player (1934–2019)
player for the Wichita (Kansas) Vickers of the AAU. Boushka eventually became the president of team sponsor Vickers Petroleum. Boushka was named to the Saint
Dick_Boushka
City in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Haysville, Kansas City Vickers Petroleum Service Station in 2016 Flag Location within Sedgwick County and Kansas KDOT map of Sedgwick County (legend)
Haysville,_Kansas
British airliner with 2 piston engines, 1945
The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited
Vickers_VC.1_Viking
Basketball team
showing in the 1956 AAU tournament after Bud Adams sold the squad to Vickers Petroleum in Wichita. The Oilers finished third that year, losing a tense game
Houston_Ada_Oilers
John (Jack) Vickers (1891-1940) was another Wichita oil mogul who got his start in the Butler oil fields. Founder of Vickers Petroleum, in 1920, he built
History_of_Wichita,_Kansas
Vickers Petroleum Service Station
National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, Kansas
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Sedgwick_County,_Kansas
British infantry tank
was just an in-house codeword of Vickers with no other significance. The Valentine started as a proposal based on Vickers' experience with the A9 and A10
Valentine_tank
Topics referred to by the same term
heavy oils left over from petroleum distillation that can be further refined in a catalytic cracking unit Vgo (stonemason) Vickers Gas Operated machine gun
VGO
1913–1960 aircraft manufacturer
Works Ltd.. In 1928, Vickers-Armstrongs took over Supermarine as Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd. and in 1938 all Vickers-Armstrongs aviation
Supermarine
Venture capitalist
cities in which Vickers has a presence, especially San Diego, California, where Samumed (NAV at 34.4x for Fund IV), the largest Vickers’ portfolio company
Finian_Tan
Ship that carries petroleum
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers:
Oil_tanker
Corporate airline of Shell plc
remained SHE. Shell Aircraft International also works with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), the Shell Group's Brunei operating company (a 50-50 joint venture
Shell_Aircraft
Greek businessman (1909-1996)
demand for oil, he and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in global petroleum shipping. Niarchos was also a thoroughbred horse breeder and racer, several
Stavros_Niarchos
Substance providing scientific evidence of past or present life
examples of biomarkers found in petroleum are pristane, triterpanes, steranes, phytane and porphyrin. Such petroleum biomarkers are produced via chemical
Biosignature
Indonesian state-owned energy holding company
p. 55 Ricklefs, 301 Vickers, Adrian. 2005. A History of Modern Indonesia, Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press p. 185. Vickers, Adrian. 2005. A History
Pertamina
Ongoing armed conflict in West Asia
Jonathan; Ralph, Oliver; Munir, Zehra; Meixler, Eli; Cash, Kieran; Ryan, Orla; Vickers, Julian (1 March 2026). "Middle East War Day 2 as It Happened: Oil Flows
2026_Iran_war
War between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932 to 1935)
crews, who received eight weeks' training. The Vickers light tanks bought by Bolivia were the Vickers Type A and Type B, commissioned into the Bolivian
Chaco_War
Paramilitary force of Transjordan
Syria as well as to provide protection for oil pipelines of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC). It also participated in campaigns of Syria and Iraq during
Desert_Force
Indigenous group from the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon
banks of Aguarico. An important academic work on Secoya culture is William Vickers' Cultural adaptation to Amazonian habitats : the Siona-Secoya of eastern
Secoya
Children's modeling compound
surfactant, preservative, hardener, humectant, fragrance, and color. A petroleum additive gives the compound a smooth feel, and borax prevents mold from
Play-Doh
1940 video [689] Peter Rabbit's Adventures B&W 11m February 25, 1948 Petroleum Lester E. Klimm B&W 11m February 3, 1947 World Energy Resources; video
List of Encyclopædia Britannica Films titles
List_of_Encyclopædia_Britannica_Films_titles
Elf Vickers — United States Tas'helat — Saudi Arabia Tom Thumb TPPD — Turkey Texaco — Florida Ukrnafta — Ukraine UniOil — Philippines United Petroleum —
List of automotive fuel retailers
List_of_automotive_fuel_retailers
of 41 on board. January 5 – In the 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident, a Vickers Viking operated by British European Airways crashed on approach
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
Japanese corporation
position as the largest trading house in Japan, but the loss of its Iranian petroleum interests following the Iranian Revolution in 1979 gave Mitsubishi the
Mitsui_&_Co.
People in files on Jeffrey Epstein
on his UK media strategy. Files revealed a correspondence between Brian Vickers with Epstein starting in 2012. Emails from 2013 showed Epstein working
List of people named in the Epstein files
List_of_people_named_in_the_Epstein_files
Radial aircraft engine by Bristol Engine Company
Solent Short Stirling SNCASE SE-1010 Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity Vickers VC.1 Viking Vickers Wellesley Vickers Wellington RAF Snaith Museum A Bristol
Bristol_Hercules
American industrial company
Teledyne Technologies. Retrieved December 9, 2024. Roberts, George A.; McVicker, Robert J. (2007). Distant Force; A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and
Teledyne_Technologies
4268:2000 Petroleum and liquid petroleum products — Temperature measurements — Manual methods ISO 4269:2001 Petroleum and liquid petroleum products —
List of ISO standards 3000–4999
List_of_ISO_standards_3000–4999
Indonesian prime minister (1911–1987)
mother's cousin, who at that time was one of the leaders of Bataafsche Petroleum Maatscappij (BPM – now known as Pertamina) took him to Jakarta in order
Abdul Halim (Indonesian politician)
Abdul_Halim_(Indonesian_politician)
Indonesian cabinet minister and military officer
Liputan6. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2020. McDonald (1980), p. 145. Vickers, Adrian (2012). A History of Modern Indonesia (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge
Ibnu_Sutowo
German inventor and engineer (1858–1913)
to the British cause, and that he then went to Canada, worked for the Vickers shipyard in Montreal and was responsible for a sudden acceleration in its
Rudolf_Diesel
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
of Singapore: 195–259. Retrieved 5 August 2025. Vickers 2013, pp. 212. Friend 2003, pp. 431. Vickers 2013, pp. 209–212. Pincus, J.; Ramli, R. (November
Indonesia
Airstrikes and capture of Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter). Vickers, Julian; Ryan, Fergus (3 January 2026). "Explosions hit Venezuelan capital
2026 United States intervention in Venezuela
2026_United_States_intervention_in_Venezuela
Airline based in Florida
Constellation aircraft were added and operated until 1976. During this time, a Vickers Viscount 745D was acquired, but was too expensive to operate and was sold
Trans-Florida_Airlines
Hawaiian passenger airline (1946–2008)
operate an all-turbine fleet. In 1963, the airline took delivery of two Vickers Viscounts from Austrian Airlines and soon acquired a third from Northeast
Aloha_Airlines
Dutch colony in Indonesia (1800–1949)
ISSN 0022-0507. S2CID 247012562. Dick, et al. (2002), p. 95 Vickers (2005), p. 20 Vickers (2005), p. 16 Vickers (2005), p. 18 Dick, et al. (2002), p. 97 van Rossum
Dutch_East_Indies
Albanian state from 1946 to 1991
enemies of the people Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity; by Miranda Vickers & James Pettifer, 1999 ISBN 1-85065-279-1; p. 222 "the French Communist
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
People's_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania
Material fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter composed of carbon
carbon-fiber fan assembly in the Rolls-Royce Conway jet engines of the Vickers VC10, Rolls-Royce took advantage of the new material's properties to break
Carbon_fibers
Russian-born adventurer and secret agent (1873–1925)
Basil Zaharoff, the international arms salesman and representative of Vickers-Armstrong Munitions Ltd. Another Reilly biographer, Richard B. Spence,
Sidney_Reilly
Special administrative region of China
2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021. Tsang 2007, p. 12. Courtauld, Holdsworth & Vickers 1997, pp. 38–58 Carroll 2007, pp. 21–24. Carroll 2007, p. 30. Scott 1989
Hong_Kong
Anti-British coup that brought Rashid Ali al-Gaylani to power
Gladiator Hawker Audax King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Vickers Type 264 Valentia Vickers Wellington Scott, James C (9 August 2001). "The Coup". Iraqi
1941_Iraqi_coup_d'état
President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967
Friend. Vickers, Adrian (2012). Bali – A Paradise Created. Ricklefs (1991), p. 282. Ricklefs (1991), pp. 281–282. Friend (2003), p. 105. Vickers (2005)
Sukarno
Air Colombia Colombia Commenced operations on May 25, 2012 VSB Vickers Limited VICKERS United Kingdom VSN Vision Airways Corporation VISION Canada VSO
List_of_airline_codes
British engineering company (1886–1999)
Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) in 1967, which encompassed Metropolitan-Vickers, British Thomson-Houston, Edison Swan, Siemens Brothers & Co, Hotpoint
General_Electric_Company
Type of continuous-flow turbine engine
reheated/recuperated unit generating 27 MW was commissioned. 1947: A Metropolitan Vickers G1 (Gatric) becomes the first marine gas turbine when it completes sea
Gas-turbine_engine
British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996)
Whittle W.2B engine installed in the rear of a Vickers Wellington bomber. The installation was done by Vickers at Weybridge. The engine was operated in flight
Frank_Whittle
Country in Southeast Europe
Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi, ... to rebel Vickers, Miranda (1999). The Albanians: a modern history. I.B. Tauris. p. 81.
Albania
Airline of São Paulo, Brazil (1933–2005)
of São Paulo, killing all 20 passengers and crew. 22 December 1959: a Vickers Viscount 800 (registration PP-SRG) operating as Flight 233 on approach
VASP
American dollar store chain
a primary sponsor for Joe Gibbs Racing. Dollar General sponsored Brian Vickers in the Nationwide Series in 2013. Dollar General became a primary sponsor
Dollar_General
Singaporean multinational banking and financial services company
8. BPSS Nominees Singapore (Pte) Ltd 26,200,171 1.02 9. Lee Foundation 11,512,813 0.45 10. DBS VICKERS SECURITIES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 11,380,066 0.44
DBS_Bank
1941 campaign during World War II
Flight at Habbaniya with three Vickers Valentia biplane flying boats. At RAF Shaibah there was 244 Squadron with some Vickers Vincent bombers. The naval forces
Anglo-Iraqi_War
Vehicle that works on land and on/under water
Army trialled the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank but did not adopt it for service use. An order was placed with Vickers by the USSR for a small
Amphibious_vehicle
Global warming about 55 million years ago
Strandmann PA, Wilson DJ, Svensen HH, Planke S, Adatte T, Thibault N, Vickers ML, Mather TA, Tegner C, Zuchuat V, Schultz BP (8 July 2023). "Tracing
Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum
Paleocene–Eocene_thermal_maximum
1931, completed 17 April 1931. MV Cliona, oil tanker for Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co, launched 14 May 1931, completed 14 October 1931. SS Maracay, oil tanker
List of ships built by Harland & Wolff (1930–2002)
List_of_ships_built_by_Harland_&_Wolff_(1930–2002)
American defense manufacturing conglomerate
submarines to the British Royal Navy through the English armaments company Vickers as well as to Japan and Russia. In 1906, Electric Boat won contracts to
General_Dynamics
Bio-organic compound that serves as the building unit of terpenes
readily available industrially as a byproduct of the thermal cracking of petroleum naphtha or oil, as a side product in the production of ethylene. Where
Isoprene
American serial killer (born 1956)
addition to locating numerous dildos, rolls of binding tape, a tube of petroleum jelly, pairs of handcuffs and a toolbox containing thin glass tubes within
Elmer_Wayne_Henley
C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom For Royal Navy. 29 September Crescent C-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness
List_of_ship_launches_in_1931
Chemical element with atomic number 78 (Pt)
74.7 tonnes for jewelry (34%), 20.0 tonnes for chemical production and petroleum refining (9.2%), and 5.85 tonnes for electrical applications such as hard
Platinum
Defunct English amateur rugby union club, based in Ravensbourne, Kent
& Co.), Meadhurst (British Petroleum), Unilever, Smiths Industries (Clocks), Siemens, Standard Telephones, V.C.D (Vickers) Hospital Medical and Dental
Thomas_Cook's_Rugby_Club
British Mexican Petroleum Company. 7 April Britmex No.7 Oil barge Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For British Mexican Petroleum Company. 15 April
List_of_ship_launches_in_1920
Scandals with the suffix -gate
Waltrip Racing's general manager and vice president Ty Norris ordered Brian Vickers to pit, both in an attempt to help Michael Waltrip Racing driver Martin
List of -gate scandals and controversies
List_of_-gate_scandals_and_controversies
Island in Southeast Asia
1941–1945. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-1-85065-584-8. Adrian Vickers (3 November 2005). A History of Modern Indonesia. Cambridge University
Borneo
Hereward H-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne United Kingdom 10 March Hero H-class destroyer Vickers Armstrong Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne
List_of_ship_launches_in_1936
Sole international airport serving Bahrain
9 September 1970, British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 7755, a Vickers VC10, flying from Bombay (now Mumbai) to London via Bahrain and Beirut
Bahrain_International_Airport
325, a Vickers Viscount, crashed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, killing all 15 on board. 22 September 1966 – Ansett-ANA Flight 149, a Vickers Viscount
List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_by_location
American multinational computer corporation
World's Largest Companies Ranked". Forbes. Retrieved September 21, 2025. Vickers, Marques (2016). The Architectural Elevation of Technology: A Photo Survey
Oracle_Corporation
Law that regulates corporations formed under the Companies Act 2006
Symons & Co v Buckleton [1913] AC 30 and Smith New Court Ltd v Scrimgeour Vickers (Asset Management) Ltd [1997] AC 254. Note however, share tender offers
British_company_law
Basil Bazarov was "characterised in every detail" by the real life Greek Vickers arms dealer Basil Zaharoff, who profited by selling weapons to both sides
List of The Adventures of Tintin characters
List_of_The_Adventures_of_Tintin_characters
Country in West Asia
proven reserves of petroleum total about 5.5 billion barrels, 25th largest in the world. Oil is extracted and processed by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
Oman
German multinational conglomerate
not new; it was highlighted as far back as 1914 when both Siemens and Vickers were involved in a scandal over bribes paid to Japanese naval authorities
Siemens
Capital city of Northern Territory, Australia
flight from London to Australia in under 30 days. Smith and his crew flew a Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, and landed on an airstrip that has become Ross Smith Avenue
Darwin,_Northern_Territory
Shipbuilding company based in England
Hunter inherited both the Naval Yard at High Walker on the River Tyne of Vickers-Armstrongs and the Hebburn Yard of Hawthorn Leslie in 1968. In 1973 further
Swan_Hunter
First icebreaking cable ship, 1965 to 2014
The ship was ordered in 1962, and built in Montreal in 1964, by Canadian Vickers. It entered service in 1965 with the Canadian Coast Guard as CCGS John
CCGS_John_Cabot_(1965)
Chemical element with atomic number 42 (Mo)
MoS2 is also used as a catalyst in the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of petroleum. In the presence of hydrogen, this catalyst facilitates the removal of
Molybdenum
Type of machine that uses liquid fluid power to perform work
systems remained in use well into the twentieth century. Harry Franklin Vickers was called the "Father of Industrial Hydraulics" by ASME.[why?] A fundamental
Hydraulic_machinery
Chemical element with atomic number 74 (W)
milling and turning tools used by the metalworking, woodworking, mining, petroleum and construction industries. Carbide tooling is actually a ceramic/metal
Tungsten
Chemical element with atomic number 24 (Cr)
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. 25: 482. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved
Chromium
British automotive company
Gauntlett bought a 12.5% stake in Aston Martin for £500,000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share. Pace
Aston_Martin
American multinational automobile manufacturer
Expand Energy ExxonMobil Halliburton Kinder Morgan Marathon Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Oneok Phillips 66 SLB Targa Resources Texas Pacific Land Corporation
Ford_Motor_Company
1920s British piston aircraft engine
1/30 Blackburn Perth Handley Page H.P.46 Kawanishi H3K Short Sarafand Vickers Type 207 Data from Lumsden Type: Liquid-cooled V12 piston engine Bore:
Rolls-Royce_Buzzard
American motorsport season
team, carrying the No. 83, was owned by Red Bull Energy Drink, with Brian Vickers as the driver. It was believed that they would also buy the No. 7 Jim Smith-owned
2006_NASCAR_Nextel_Cup_Series
International airport in Seeb, Oman
for military purposes. Additionally, it was regularly utilized by the Petroleum Development Oman Company for its aircraft, flying between Muscat and oil
Muscat_International_Airport
Soviet dive bomber aircraft
twin-engine combat aircraft except for the German Junkers Ju 88 and the British Vickers Wellington. Several Soviet bloc air forces flew the type after the war
Petlyakov_Pe-2
Official royal street vehicles in the UK
public engagements. In 1998, Rolls-Royce Motors was sold by its then owner Vickers plc to the Volkswagen Group; however, it transpired that the sale did not
State and royal cars of the United Kingdom
State_and_royal_cars_of_the_United_Kingdom
significance due to the oilfields of the Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij (BPM; Batavian Petroleum Company) that was located north and south of the Mahakam
Battle_of_Samarinda
Tribal-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker United Kingdom For Royal Navy. 8 June Cossack Tribal-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker United
List_of_ship_launches_in_1937
1964–1979 conflict in Southern Africa
extended into Zambia after Nkomo's ZIPRA nationalists shot down two unarmed Vickers Viscount civilian airliners with Soviet-supplied SA-7 heat-seeking missiles
Rhodesian_Bush_War
Geologic subgroup in Australia
Review Series, Queensland Geological Survey, 1v, p41-108 T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2003. A Century of Australian Dinosaurs. Queen Victoria Museum and
Walloon_Coal_Measures
Unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)
shooting down on 3 September 1978 of the civilian Air Rhodesia airliner, a Vickers Viscount named the Hunyani, in the Kariba area by ZIPRA fighters using
Rhodesia
Industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
long-distance trade. Early leading arms makers included Schneider-Creusot, Krupp, Vickers, and Armstrong Whitworth. These firms were encouraged both by market conditions
Arms_industry
Political party in England and Wales
2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Vickers, Noah (13 June 2023). "Green mayoral candidate to bid for MP role". BBC
Green Party of England and Wales
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
VICKERS PETROLEUM
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Wick 2, or variant of the habitational name Wick, with genitive or plural -s. There has been much confusion between this name and Weeks.In 1638 Richard Wickes (also known as Richard Atwick), of Staines, Middlesex, England, died, leaving a bequest to “my son John Wickes now living in New England.†This John Wickes came from London, England, to Plymouth, MA, in 1635, and subsequently settled at Portsmouth, RI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic for the son of a vicar or, perhaps in most cases, an occupational name for the servant of a vicar (see Vicker). In many cases it may represent an elliptical form of a topographic name. Compare Parsons.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Bicker.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : patronymic from Wicker 2.English : variant of Wicker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vicker, from the Middle English variant vicarie, derived directly from Latin vicarius. The English surname is also established in Cork, Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vickery.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who used a pick, from Middle English pi(c)k ‘pick’ (see Pick) + the agent suffix -er.English : occupational name for someone who caught or sold pike, from Middle English pike ‘pike’ + the agent suffix -er.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a pointed hill (see Pike 1), the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.German : occupational name for someone who used a pick or pickaxe, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bicken ‘to prick or stab’.Dutch : occupational name for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower, from Middle Dutch picker, pecker.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a big eater or a glutton, from Yiddish pikn ‘to eat’ with the noun suffix -er.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wicken, with the addition of the Middle English plural or genitive suffix -s.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest)
English (southwest) : occupational name for a digger of ditches or a builder of dikes, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike, from an agent derivative of Middle English diche, dike (see Dyke).English : regional name from an area of East Sussex, near Hellingly, called ‘the Dicker’ (hence also the hamlets of Upper and Lower Dicker), from Middle English dyker unit of ten (Latin decuria, from decem ‘ten’); the reason for the place being so named is not clear. It has been suggested that the reference is to a bundle of iron rods, in which sense dicras appears in Domesday Book. Such a bundle could have been the rent for property in this iron-working area. Surname forms such as atte dicker occur in the surrounding region in the 13th and 14th centuries.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Dick 2, from an inflected form.North German : variant of Low German Dieker, a topographic or an occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a dike (see Dieck).Americanized spelling of French Decaire.
Boy/Male
French, German
Dominant Ruler; Powerful; Brave
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and northern French
English (of Norman origin) and northern French : habitational name from any of the numerous places in France named Viller(s) or Villier(s), from Late Latin villare ‘outlying farm’, ‘dependent settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : patronymic from the personal name Dicken.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name from Middle High German, Middle Low German wicker ‘soothsayer’, ‘magician’.German : from an Old High German personal name composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’, ‘war’ + heri ‘army’.English : topographic name for someone who lived or worked in an outlying settlement, from a derivative of Old English wīc (see Wick).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Richard.North German and Frisian form of Richard.Probably an Americanized spelling of cognates in other languages, for example German Reichert or Dutch Rickaert.
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Ricohard, RICKERT means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Richard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a parish priest, Middle English vica(i)re, vikere (Old French vicaire, from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, ‘deputy’). The word was originally used to denote someone who carried out pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee holder of a benefice. It became a regular word for a parish priest because in practice most benefice holders were absentees.Irish and Scottish : reduced form of McVicker, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac áBhiocair (Scottish) or Mac an Bhiocaire (Irish) ‘son of the vicar’.
Boy/Male
British, English, German
Surname
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : occupational name for a stonemason or someone who used or made pickaxes or chisel, from bicke ‘pickaxe’, ‘chisel’ + the agent suffix -er. Compare Bick.English : occupational name for a beekeeper, Middle English biker (from Old English bīcere). Bees were important in medieval England because their honey provided the only means of sweetening food (sugar being a more recent importation); honey was also used in preserving.English : habitational name from Bicker in Lincolnshire or Byker in Tyne and Wear, both named with the Old English preposition bī ‘by’, ‘beside’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘wet ground’, ‘brushwood’.Cars Bicker was a wealthy merchant and one of the commissioners to New Netherland under the West India Company’s 1621 charter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vickers.
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