Word
alison
Phoneticsal·i·son
/ˈæɫɪsən/
Definitions
01female name
n. a common first name for a woman.
n. a female given name, originally a diminutive of Alice, derived from Germanic roots.
“My friend Alison is coming over for dinner tonight.”
“The author Alison Weir is well-known for her detailed historical biographies of British royalty.”
02family name
n. a person's last name or family name.
n. a surname derived from the given name.
“The professor's name is James Alison.”
“The research paper was co-authored by Dr. Alison and several of his colleagues from the department of linguistics.”
Synonyms
Etymology
From Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“of noble kind”). Became Middle English Alisoun.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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