"Wenceslas" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Variant of Wenceslaus. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wenceslas
  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Christmas
    Sense id: en-Wenceslas-en-name-r40GBrJ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Good King Wenceslas look'd out, On the Feast of Stephen; / When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e-ven: / Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cru-el, / When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring win-ter fu-el.",
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