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"text": "I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying.",
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"ref": "2007, Rose Lamatt, Lifeline Online, page 128",
"text": "He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name.",
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"A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland."
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"word": "Նաթան"
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"word": "拿單"
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"sense": "biblical prophet",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "ⲛⲁⲑⲁⲛ"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "Naatan"
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"sense": "male given name",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "內森"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Nèisēn",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "内森"
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"sense": "male given name",
"word": "ネーサン"
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"ref": "2019 November 25, u/Szillar, “Mumble rappers be like:”, in Reddit, r/dankmemes, archived from the original on 2023-09-30",
"text": "A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap",
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{
"ref": "2022 February 28, u/uselessrart, “Mummble acceptance in dhh.”, in Reddit, r/IndianHipHopHeads, archived from the original on 2023-09-30",
"text": "Nathans are infinitely worse than mumble/trap fans",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2022 December 19, “Hiphop 10 years from now?”, in Reddit, r/hiphopheads, archived from the original on 2023-09-30",
"text": "it would be nice if the new fans would go away or at least change who they are completely. i love seeing bladee & company win but these 100 gec ass nathans are like locusts going from one artist's chronically online fanbase to the next. sematary went down quick lol. once fantano reviewed rb3 it was over",
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