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• Gaunter — This is a most interesting surname. It derives from the Old French word gant meaning a glove and is ultimately a word of Germanic origin. The form Gantlett incorporates the diminutive lett . By extension the word was applied to the maker of… …   Surnames reference

• gaunter — gɔːnt adj. lean, scrawny, emaciated; bleak, dreary …   English contemporary dictionary

• Gentner — This is a job descriptive Dutch version of the medieval English Gent or Gaunt meaning a wool worker or specifically a weaver from the Ancient City of Ghent in Flanders. There are many variants of the name spelling including Van Gent, Van Ghent,… …   Surnames reference

• Велосипед — (франц. vélocipéde, от латинского velox, родительный падеж velocis быстрый и pes, родительный падеж pedis нога)         Прототипы В. 4 колёсные повозки самокаты строились изобретателями разных стран: Г. Гантшель (Германия, 1649), Р. Ла Рошелли… …   Большая советская энциклопедия

• Toso — O toso and three sakazuki lacquered vermillion cups Toso (屠蘇?), or o toso, is spiced medicinal …   Wikipedia

• Toso — O toso y tres copas sakazuki lacadas en bermellón. El toso (屠蘇, toso …   Wikipedia Español

• gaunt — gauntly, adv. gauntness, n. /gawnt/, adj., gaunter, gauntest. 1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 2. bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things: a gaunt, windswept landscape.… …   Universalium

• Ganter — Derived from the Olde French Gantier . The name is job descriptive for a Maker or Seller of Gloves . The name is early as a recording although the first appearance is as Lefwinus Le Wanter, (1172, Oxford) Wantier being a variant, whilst the… …   Surnames reference

• Gantlett — This is a most interesting surname. It derives from the Old French word gant meaning a glove and is ultimately a word of Germanic origin. The form Gantlett incorporates the diminutive lett . By extension the word was applied to the maker of… …   Surnames reference

• Gauntlett — This is a most interesting surname. It derives from the Old French word gant meaning a glove and is ultimately a word of Germanic origin. The form Gantlett incorporates the diminutive lett . By extension the word was applied to the maker of… …   Surnames reference