"Heather" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century. The surname is habitational, also meaning someone living on a heath.",
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      "form": "Heathers",
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          "ref": "1867, J.H.Riddell, Far Above Rubies, Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 50",
          "text": "She struck his fancy - that pretty girl with the quaint name: sweet Heather Bell, as Mr. Travers always called her.\n\"The name was a fancy of her godfather, an eccentric bachelor,\" the lady explained. \" She was the youngest of three daughters, and the other two were called, respectively, 'Lily' and 'Rose'. 'Call this one Heather,' said Mr. Stewart, who loved Scotland and her purple mountains, 'she will grow up like the heather, perhaps - strong, hardy, a wild flower, worth of a hundred of your garden rarities.'",
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          "ref": "2001, John Irving, The Cider House Rules, Ballantine Books, page 506",
          "text": "\"I like Hazel and Heather,\" Angel said, after a while. \"They're both names of plants, so they sort of go with Rose.\"\n\"I don't have no plant, I got a little girl,\" Rose Rose said, smiling.",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hiḏer",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "هِيذِر"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "Hedǎr",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Хедър"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Xīsè",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "希瑟"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Ĥizer"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Hezā",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "ヘザー"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Hedeo",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "헤더"
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          "roman": "Xízer",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Хи́зер"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Xízer",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Хі́зер"
        }
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        "A surname from Middle English."
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɛðɚ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɛðə/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛðə(ɹ)"
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          "text": "\"I like Hazel and Heather,\" Angel said, after a while. \"They're both names of plants, so they sort of go with Rose.\"\n\"I don't have no plant, I got a little girl,\" Rose Rose said, smiling.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hiḏer",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "هِيذِر"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Hedǎr",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Хедър"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xīsè",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "希瑟"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Ĥizer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Hezā",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ヘザー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Hedeo",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "헤더"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Xízer",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Хи́зер"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Xízer",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Хі́зер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Heather"
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