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Colmore Family
Colmore is a surname. Notable people called Colmore include: *Charles B. Colmore (1879–1950), second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico *George Cyril Colmore (1885–1937), English aviator and Royal Naval Air Service officer *Gertrude Colmore (1855–1926), writer and suffragist *Jacob Colmore (1912–1996), English anti-fascist and gangster *Rupert Colmore (1914–1972), college football player *Charles Colmore Grant, 7th Baron de Longueuil, the son of Charles James Irwin Grant, 6th Baron de Longueuil *Rupert Colmore Sr. (1883–1958), college football player and physician See also In the Colmore district of Birmingham, England: *The Colmore Building, formerly known as Colmore Plaza, a 14-storey office building *Colmore Gate, office and retail building *Colmore Row, a street in Birmingham City Centre from Victoria Square past Snow Hill station *103 Colmore Row, 26-storey commercial office skyscraper *122–124 Colmore Row, Grade I listed building on Colmore Row in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |