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lionel

/ˈlaɪənəl/

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What does lionel mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
  2. A village in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5363). From Scottish Gaelic.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (archaic) lion cub

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlaɪənəl/

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Lionel, it seems, was on his way to “John Ferdinando,” as he calls the modern Juan Fernandes.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
Sir Lionel Barton listened, sitting quite still the while--an unusual repose in a man of such evidently tremendous nervous activity.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
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Then came Sir Pertolope from the castle, and there encountered with him Sir Lionel, and there Sir Pertolope the green knight smote down Sir Lionel, brother to Sir Launcelot.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
Now, by God’s will, thou wrong’st him, Somerset; His grandfather was Lionel Duke of Clarence, Third son to the third Edward King of England.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
With an Introduction by Lionel Giles, M.A. (Oxon.).
Bertrand RussellProposed Roads to FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #690