Bill
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bill
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- 1974 John le Carré, Tinker. Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Simon&Schuster, 2002, →ISBN, page 7
- "My other name's Bill," he said. "I was christened Bill but Mr Thursgood calls me William." / "Bill, eh. The unpaid Bill. Anyone ever call you that?" / "No, sir." / "Good name, anyway." / "Yes, sir." / "Known a lot of Bills. They've all been good 'uns."
- 1998 Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, 1998, →ISBN, page 208
- One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?
- 1974 John le Carré, Tinker. Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Simon&Schuster, 2002, →ISBN, page 7
- (British, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"
- (US, slang) One hundred dollars. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Translations
male given name
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Further reading
Bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bill (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bill (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Bill
- a male given name, equivalent to English Bill
Portuguese
Proper noun
Bill m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Bill
Swedish
Etymology
From English Bill. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1895.
Proper noun
Bill c (genitive Bills)
- a male given name.
- 1994 Maria Gripe, Egna världar, →ISBN, page 272:
- —Vem är Bill, mamma?
- Jag väntade mig inget svar, men mamma skrattade:
- —Vet du inte det? Jo, det kommer från farmor. När pappa var liten brukade hon på skoj kalla honom för Bill...Lille Bill...Vilde Bill...Det tog han efter sen och kallade sig ofta Bill. Fast för min del sa jag alltid Birger.
- 1994 Maria Gripe, Egna världar, →ISBN, page 272:
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