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Harley
Harley ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from places in Shropshire and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English hær ‘rock, heap of stones’ or hara ‘hare’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. Among bikers it has been used with the Harley Davidson motorcycle in mind.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Harley.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Harley.html |
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Harley
Harley,
1. the principal character in The Man of Feeling by H. Mackenzie; 2. Adrian Harley, in Meredith's The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, the cynical ‘wise youth’ and tutor of Richard, drawn from Meredith's friend Maurice Fitz-Gerald. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Harley.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Harley." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Harley.html |
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Harley
Harley Shrops. Harlege 1086 (DB), Herleia c.1090. Probably ‘rock wood or clearing’. OE *hær + lēah.
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A. D. MILLS. "Harley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Harley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Harley.html A. D. MILLS. "Harley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Harley.html |
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