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mavis

1

[ mey-vis ]

noun

, British (chiefly Literary).
  1. a song thrush.


Mavis

2

[ mey-vis ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

mavis

/ ˈmeɪvɪs /

noun

  1. a popular name for the song thrush
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mavis1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English mavys, from Anglo-French mauviz, probably equivalent to ma(u)ve “seagull” (from Old English mæw a small gull; mew 2 ) + -iz of unclear origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mavis1

C14: from Old French mauvis thrush; origin obscure
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Example Sentences

The most astonishing came from Ron and Mavis Pirola, a middle-aged Australian couple who have been together for 57 years.

Ryan Adams, Mavis Staples and Band of Horses are some of the artists to perform.

“He pretended he was just going to have the weekend off and made sure the Japanese spy would pass it all back,” Mavis recalled.

“It was a strange little outfit in the cottage,” Mavis said.

Mavis Lilian Lever was born in Dulwich, south London, on May 5, 1921, the daughter of a postal worker and a seamstress.

A chilling thought struck him: was this what happened to the crew of the Mavis?

He thought of the bleached bones of the crew of the Mavis, and shuddered.

He never has those fine intervals of lunacy into which his cousins, the catbird and the mavis, are apt to fall.

He bowed over it in courtly fashion,but did not kiss it as he had kissed the hand of Mavis Clare.

With all her intellectual gifts she was yet a lovable woman,ah Mavis!how lovable and dear I was destined in misery to know!

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