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Vincent
VIHN-suhnt
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1
A male given name from Latin.
"Starry starry night. Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue."
— Don McLean (1971)
2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
3
A number of places in the United States: A city in Shelby County, St. Clair County and Talladega County, Alabama.
4
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Webster County, Iowa.
6
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.
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A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti.
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A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.
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A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Vincent.
noun
1
slang The victim or dupe in a betting game, especially bowls.
"If the vincent could actually be persuaded to play a game, the professionals always won in the end, either because of their superior skill or because of such stratagems as those described by Greene […]"
— Gãmini Salgãdo (1977)
Word Forms
Vincents plural, vincents plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.