Doll
See also: doll
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Doll
- A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland.
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
- O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.
- A surname.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doll”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 475.
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