Anthony
pronunciation
How to pronounce Anthony in British English:
UK ['æntənɪ]
How to pronounce Anthony in American English:
US ['ænθənɪ]
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- Noun:
- Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
- United States suffragist (1820-1906)
Word Origin
- Anthony
- masc. proper name, from Latin Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- probably suggested by many Greek loan words beginning anth-, such as anthros "flower," anthropos "man"); St. Anthony (4c.), Egyptian hermit, patron saint of swineherds, to whom one of each litter was usually vowed, hence Anthony for "smallest pig of the litter (1660s; in condensed form tantony pig from 1590s). St. Anthony's Fire (1520s), popular name for erysipelas, is said to be so called from the tradition that those who sought his intercession recovered from that distemper during a fatal epidemic in 1089.
Example
- 1. His animals were among those rescued by anthony .
- 2. Anthony had joined rajiv and me and chavez .
- 3. Everyone at the post knew that we were anthony 's guys .
- 4. He told sanders that they wanted to introduce him to anthony vassallo .
- 5. One of the reasons that anthony inspired such love was his generosity of spirit and appreciation of others .