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nicanor

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What does nicanor mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek

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You will be welcome with this intelligence, Nicanor.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
With this prospect, the Athenians were all in excitement, and Nicanor, wishing to confer with them on the subject, at a meeting of the Council in Piraeus, came himself, trusting for the safety of his person to Phocion.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674