Jeremy

Proper noun
(plural Jeremys)


 * , English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid ( Dermot).
 * 1) * 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 2:17:
 * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.
 * 1) * 1840 John Bowring: Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, p.169:
 * He had the name of Jeremy given to him, because Jeremiah, as his father said, was a family name; and there was an advantage in curtailing a syllable, and in showing a preference towards the names of the New Testament over those of the old.

Translations

 * see Jeremiah

Related terms

 * pet form: Jerry

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