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Silver
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silver
English
+ (disambiguation)#People
Etymology
As a surname, anglicised from the en de - Jewish ornamental surname de Silber.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɪlvɚ/ GA
Proper noun
en English occupations for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.
en German.
en unisex English from the metal, or transferred from the surname.
en 1993 Ed McBain Mischief William Morrow and Co. 0688102212 67 " - - - I'll level with you, Mr. Cummings.""Silver", he corrected."Sounds like the Lone Ranger's horse," she said.
en 1993 w:Annie Proulx Shipping News Fourth Estate 1857022424 121 "Silver here, my darling wife, insists on the services of a particular yacht upholsterer. - - - " From the way he said the woman's metal name Quayle thought it was changed from a stodgier "Alice" or "Bernice".
A place name:
en comm rurmun/Armstrong p/Manitoba c/Canada, named after N. T. Silver.
en twp co/Cherokee County s/Iowa c/USA.
en twp co/Carlton County s/Minnesota c/USA, named after Silver Creek.
en ucomm co/Coke County s/Texas c/USA. TopoZone: Silver, Texas
Derived terms
en Silvertown Russell-Silver dwarfism Silver-Russell dwarfism
References
Anagrams
en eilrsv Elvirs levirs livers livres rivels sliver svirel
en surnames from common nouns surnames from nicknames
Estonian
Etymology
Contraction of et la Silvester, cognate with English Sylvester.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
hrx /ˈsilvɐ/
Noun
n
silver
See also
Symbol Pt Au Ag Fe Al Sn Cu metal hrx Platin hrx Gold hrx Silver hrx Eise hrx Aluminium hrx Zinn hrx Kupper
Further reading
hrx Chemical elements Metals