door-keeper

  • 21Light keeper — Light Light (l[imac]t), n. [OE. light, liht, AS. le[ o]ht; akin to OS. lioht, D. & G. licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuha[thorn], Icel. lj[=o]s, L. lux light, lucere to shine, Gr. leyko s white, Skr. ruc to shine. [root]122. Cf. {Lucid}, {Lunar},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Paraklausithyron — Paraclausithyron (Παρακλαυσιθυρον) is a motif in Greek and especially Augustan love elegy, as well as in troubadour poetry. A translation of that term could be beside ( para ) a locked( clausi ) door ( thyron ). A paraklausithyron typically… …

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  • 23Henri Murger — (March 27 1822 Paris, January 28, 1861) was a French novelist and poet, born at Paris.He is chiefly distinguished as the author of Scènes de la Vie de Bohème, from his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian attic,… …

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  • 24usher — [14] An usher is etymologically a ‘doorkeeper’. The word comes via Anglo Norman usser from medieval Latin ūstārius, an alteration of classical Latin ōstārius ‘door keeper’. This was derived from ōstium ‘door’, which in turn was based on ōs… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25θυρωροῦ — θυρωρέω to be a àoor keeper pres imperat mp 2nd sg (attic) θυρωρέω to be a àoor keeper imperf ind mp 2nd sg (attic) θυρωρός door keeper masc/fem gen sg …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 26Arcadocypriot Greek — Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group …

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  • 27Darwood — This most interesting surname is an English variant of Durward itself found chiefly in Scotland. It is of Anglo Saxon origin and is an occupational name from the Olde English term duru weard , door keeper, porter. In Scotland the office of door… …

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  • 28Dorwood — This most interesting surname is an English variant of Durward itself found chiefly in Scotland. It is of Anglo Saxon origin and is an occupational name from the Olde English term duru weard , door keeper, porter. In Scotland the office of door… …

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  • 29Durrad — This most interesting surname is an English variant of Durward itself found chiefly in Scotland. It is of Anglo Saxon origin and is an occupational name from the Olde English term duru weard , door keeper, porter. In Scotland the office of door… …

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  • 30Durrett — This most interesting surname is an English variant of Durward itself found chiefly in Scotland. It is of Anglo Saxon origin and is an occupational name from the Olde English term duru weard , door keeper, porter. In Scotland the office of door… …

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