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Webster 1913 Edition


Bertram

Ber′tram

,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr. L.
pyrethrum
, Gr.
[GREEK]
a hot spicy plant, fr.
[GREEK]
fire.]
(Bot.)
Pellitory of Spain (
Anacyclus pyrethrum
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Bertram

BER'TRAM

,
Noun.
[L.pyrethrum, said to be from fire, from its acrid quality.]
Bastard pellitory, a plant.

Definition 2024


Bertram

Bertram

English

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name.
  2. A patronymic surname.

Quotations

  • 1598 William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I :
    Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father / In manners, as in shape!
  • 1979 Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday (1980), ISBN 0385157479, page 77:
    "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank." "Don't blame him." "He's always known as George." "Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."

Translations


Danish

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Bertram.
  2. A patronymic surname.

German

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Bertram.
  2. A patronymic surname.