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Webster 1913 Edition

Ambrose

Am′brose

,

Noun.

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See

, 3.

Turner.

Definition 2024

Ambrose

Ambrose

See also: ambrose

English

Proper noun

Ambrose

A male given name.
A patronymic surname.
A city in Georgia, Coffee County.
A city/village in North Dakota.
A town in Queensland, Australia.

Quotations

1951 Rosamond Du Jardin, Class Ring, Lippincott, page 140:
Take poor Brose, who was actually christened Ambrose. A thing like that could simply warp a person's life, if he wasn't a good enough fighter to make the other kids start calling him by some nickname at an early age.

Translations

male given name

Breton: Ambroaz
Czech: Ambrož m
Esperanto: Ambrozio
Estonian: (historical) Ambrosius
Finnish: (historical) Ambrosius
Greek: Αμβρόσιος (el) m ‎(Amvrósios)
Ancient: Ἀμβρόσιος m ‎(Ambrósios)
Hungarian: Ambrus (hu)
Irish: Ambrós m
Italian: Ambrogio (it)

Polish: Ambroży (pl) m
Portuguese: Ambrósio m
Russian: Амвро́сий (ru) m ‎(Amvrósij)
Slovak: Ambróz
Slovene: Ambrož
Spanish: Ambrosio (es) m
Venetian: Anbròxio (vec) m
Vietnamese: Ambrôsiô
Welsh: Emrys

ambrose

ambrose

See also: Ambrose

English

Noun

ambrose

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).
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