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Gaylord
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gaylord
English
Etymology
Derived from the en fro - surname fro Gaillard (from fro gaillard strong), via en xno -. Compare es Gallardo (from es gallardo dashing, strapping, gallant. Shaped by folk etymology into en gay lord 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡeɪˌlɔːd/ RP
en /ˈɡeɪˌlɔɹd/ GA
en eɪlɔː(ɹ)d 2
en En-au-gaylord.ogg AU
en Gay lord
en gaylord
Proper noun
en American Old French.
en 1942 w:Stephen Longstreet The Gay Sisters 81 Random House Why should we Gaylords be above all the others, and why should I throw away the few short minutes I have to breathe in this world, throw it away on family pride and a seven-letter name? Gaylord. Gaylord. GAYLORD. A sound like an elm tree full of katydids.
en male surnames in the 20th century until the 1960s.
en 1926 w:Edna Ferber Show Boat Doubleday, Page & Co 181 Gaylord Ravenal elevated the right eyebrow and looked down his aristocratic nose at the capering little captain. "I am Gaylord Ravenal, of the Tennessee Ravenals. I failed to catch your name."
en 1967 w:Eric Malpass At the Height of the Moon 6 House of Stratus 2001 0755101928 He smiled often, he could make his knuckles crack like pistol shots, and he had the courtesy to address him as Gaylord, and not by some ridiculous title of his own.
en numerous places c/USA:
en city co/Smith County s/Kansas.
en city/county seat co/Otsego County s/Michigan.
en city/county seat co/Sibley County s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Coos County s/Oregon.
en unincorporated community co/Clarke County s/Virginia.
Derived terms
en gaylord<id:Q3348773> Gaylordsville
Descendants
1 fr Gaylord
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :ubor en:Gaylord
fr en Gaylord.
Pronunciation
guèlôrde
Proper noun
m
fr male in the 1980s briefly