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Martin

Martin

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Martin ♂ English form of the Latin name Martinus. This was probably originally derived from Mars (genitive Martis), the name of the Roman god of war (and earlier of fertility). Martin became very popular in the Middle Ages, especially on the Continent, as a result of the fame of St Martin of Tours. He was born the son of a Roman officer in Upper Pannonia (an outpost of the Roman Empire, now part of Hungary), and, although he became a leading figure in the 4th-century Church, he is chiefly remembered now for having divided his cloak in two and given half to a beggar. The name was also borne by five popes, including one who defended Roman Catholic dogma against Eastern Orthodox theology. He died after suffering imprisonment and privations in Naxos and public humiliation in Constantinople, and was promptly acclaimed a martyr by supporters of the Roman Church. Among Protestants, the name is sometimes bestowed in honour of the German theologian Martin Luther (1483–1546); Martin was used as a symbolic name for the Protestant Church in satires by both Dryden and Swift. A further influence may be its use as the given name of the civil-rights leader Martin Luther King (1929–68).

Variant: Martyn.
Pet form: Marty.
Cognates: Irish: Máirtín, Mártan. Scottish Gaelic: Màrtainn. German: Martin, Merten. Dutch: Martin Maarten, Martijn. Danish, Norwegian: Morten. Swedish: Mårten. French: Martin. Spanish: Martín. Catalan: Martí. Portuguese: Martinho. Italian: Martino. Polish: Marcin. Czech: Martin. Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian: Martin. Finnish: Martti. Hungarian: Márton.
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Martin

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Martin male forename, name of two saints.
St Martin de Porres (1579–1639), a Dominican lay brother, the illegitimate son of a Spanish grandee and a freed black slave from Lima in Peru. He was noted for his dedication to the poor as for his undiscriminating charity to those of all races. His feast day is 5 November.
St Martin of Tours (d.397), French bishop, a patron saint of France. When giving half his cloak to a beggar he received a vision of Christ, after which he was baptized. He joined St Hilary at Poitiers and founded the first monastery in Gaul. St Martin is often shown dividing his cloak with the beggar, or with a globe of fire above his head, seen one day when he said Mass. Another emblem, from the 15th century, is a goose, the migration of which often coincides with his feast. His feast day (Martinmas) is 11 November, and St Martin's summer is a season of fine, mild weather occurring about this time.
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Martin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Martin 1356–1410, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (c.1395–1410) and, as Martin II, king of Sicily (1409–10). He succeeded his brother, John I, in Aragón and became king of Sicily on the death of his son, Martin I of Sicily, who had married Maria, last of the Sicilian branch of the house of Aragón. Martin of Aragón and Sicily died without a male heir and thus was the last ruler from the Catalan dynasty of Aragón. After a two-year interregnum, his nephew, Prince Ferdinand of Castile, was chosen (1412) king of Aragón and Sicily as Ferdinand I .

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Martin

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Martin, ‘farmstead near a boundary, or by a pool’, OE (ge)mǣre or mere + tūn: examples include: Martin Hants. Mertone 946. Martin Lincs., near Horncastle. Mærtune 1060, Martone 1086 (DB). Martin Lincs., near Metheringham. Martona 12th cent. Martin Hussingtree Worcs. Meretun, Husantreo 972, Husentre 1086 (DB), Marten Hosentre 1535. Originally two separate manors, Hussingtree being ‘tree of a man called Hūsa’, from OE pers. name (genitive -n) + trēow.
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martin

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mar·tin / ˈmärtn/ • n. a swift-flying, insectivorous songbird of the swallow family, typically having a less strongly forked tail than a swallow. • Family Hirundinidae: several genera and numerous species, e.g., the purple martin.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

martin Fast-flying bird closely related to the swallow and native to Europe and North America. It has long, pointed wings and short legs. Species include the house martin (Delichon urbica), purple martin (Progne subis) and sand martin (Riparia riparia). Family Hirundinidae.
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Martin

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Martin,
1. in Dryden's The Hind and the Panther, symbolizes the Lutheran party;

1. in Swift's A Tale of a Tub, the Anglican Church, the allusion being to Martin Luther.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

martin bird of the swallow family. XV (Sc. martoune). prob. a use of the name Martin, after St. Martin of Tours.
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Martín

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Martín ♂ (Spanish) From Latin Martinus. See Martin.

Feminine form: Martina.
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Martin ♂ (French) From Latin.

Feminine form: Martine.
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Martin ♂ (French) From Latin.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

martin see swallow .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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