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Patrick

[pa-trik]

noun

  1. Saint, a.d. 389?–461?, British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.

  2. (Curtis) Lester, 1883–1960, Canadian ice-hockey player and manager, in the U.S. after 1926.

  3. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”



Patrick

/ ˈæٰɪ /

noun

  1. Saint. 5th century ad , Christian missionary in Ireland, probably born in Britain; patron saint of Ireland. Feast day: March 17

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Mr Spencer stood in the dock to confirm his name as Michael Patrick Spencer and his date of birth.

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The Rosses say the company's sales manager, Patrick O'Donovan, assured them they could make a good income from renting out the lodge.

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The curfew remains in effect Wednesday, and Center Theatre Group has again been forced to cancel director Robert O’Hara’s world-premiere adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, starring Patrick Ball from the hit Max show “The Pitt.”

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Director Robert O’Hara’s noir version of ‘Hamlet,’ starring Patrick Ball and premiering at Mark Taper Forum, audaciously but incoherently toys with Shakespeare’s tragedy.

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In a comment directed at Rwanda, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said that "one cannot continually and voluntarily violate the principles that underpin our regional institutions and claim to want to preside over them".

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