Porteous
n. (Porteous)人名;(英)波蒂厄斯
词形变化
Porteouses
复数
Porteouses
释义与例句
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A surname.
词源
Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.
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