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"3": "Adalhaid",
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"etymology_text": "From Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”). Became Middle English Alisoun.",
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"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath's Prologue”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977",
"text": "He came up close and kneeling gently down\nHe said, \"My love, my dearest Alison,\nSo help me God, I never again will hit\nYou, love; and if I did, you asked for it.",
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"(countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Àilìsēn",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "艾莉森"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female given name",
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"word": "Alsún"
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "aĕlisan",
"sense": "female given name",
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"feminine"
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"word": "अॅलिसन"
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"sense": "female given name",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Allasan"
}
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"(countable) A surname."
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"A semi-rural suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia."
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Norman",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Old High German",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns"
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{
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{
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"text": "He came up close and kneeling gently down\nHe said, \"My love, my dearest Alison,\nSo help me God, I never again will hit\nYou, love; and if I did, you asked for it.",
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"(countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages."
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"A surname."
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"(countable) A surname."
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"word": "Alyson"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Àilìsēn",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "艾莉森"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "aĕlisan",
"sense": "female given name",
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"feminine"
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"word": "अॅलिसन"
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"code": "enm",
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "female given name",
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"code": "fro",
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"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Alison"
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"code": "gd",
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