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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.
Bastard pellitory, a plant.
Definition 2024
Bertram
Bertram
English
Proper noun
Bertram
- A male given name.
- 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
male given name