Wallace

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton , from Old French waleis "foreign".

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Wallace

Plural -

Wallace

1. A surname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
2. A male given name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.

[edit] References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Name. Oxford University Press 2001.