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FALCON
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American, British, English
Falconry; Surname Relating to Falconry
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English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from places in Eure and Calvados named Harcourt, from Old French cour(t) (see Court) with an obscure first element.English : habitational name from either of two places in Shropshire named Harcourt. The one near Cleobury Mortimer gets the name from Old English heafocere ‘hawker’, ‘falconer’ + cot ‘hut’, ‘cottage’; the one near Wem has as its first element Old English hearpere (see Harper).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French faucon, falcun ‘falcon’, either a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the falcon, which was regarded as a symbol of speed and courage in the Middle Ages. In a few cases, it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a man who operated the piece of artillery named after the bird of prey. Compare Faulkner.In Louisiana, the name Falcón is borne by the descendants of Canary Islanders brought in to settle in 1779.
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Muslim
Falcon
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Muslim
Falcon
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English
English : variant spelling of Faulkner.Americanized form of the French cognate Fauconnier ‘falconer’.
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British, English
Falconer
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English (mainly Norfolk and Suffolk)
English (mainly Norfolk and Suffolk) : variant of Faulks.Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Facco, a variant of Falco, itself probably a short form of a personal name formed with fal, a tribal name (as in Westphalia) or alternatively a byname meaning ‘falcon’.
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Tamil
Falcon
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English
English : nickname from Middle English hobi ‘hobby’, a small falcon, or from the same word denoting a small horse.English : habitational name from Hoby in Leicestershire, named with Old English hÅh ‘spur of a hill’ + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English, Old French hagard ‘wild’, ‘untamed’. This word was adopted into Middle English as a technical term in falconry to denote a hawk that had been captured and trained when already fully grown, rather than being reared in captivity; the surname may have developed as a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.Americanized form of Danish Ågård (see Agard).
Boy/Male
British, English
Falconer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Fau(l)ques (oblique case Fau(l)que), originally a Germanic byname meaning ‘falcon’.
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English
Surname relating to falconry.
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Driving, Falcon, Long-legged, Spider
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Boy/Male
English
Falconer; one who trains falcons.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English nickname mǣw, mēaw ‘seagull’, or the same word used as a personal name, Mēawa. Compare Maw.English : metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of a mew, a cage for hawks and falcons, especially while moulting, from Old French mue, a derivative of muer ‘to moult’ (from Latin mutare ‘to change’).
Boy/Male
English
Falconer; one who trains falcons.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name for a falconer, Middle High German vakenoere. In medieval times falconry was a sport practised only by the nobility; it was the task of the falconer to look after the birds and train young ones.English : variant spelling of Faulkner.Daniel Falckner (1666–c.1745), German Lutheran pastor and agent for the Frankfurt Land Company, founded the first German Lutheran congregation in America.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.
FALCON
FALCON
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Hindu, Indian
Wish or Strong Desire
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Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the One who Raises; Elevates (Intellect; Esteem)
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Australian, Japanese
Child of Machi
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Latin
Form of Jovan 'Father of the sky.
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American, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
A Fertile Plain; Princess
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English
English : patronymic from a variant of the personal name Gibbon, a pet form of Gibb.
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Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Correct Path; Liberation
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English
Abbreviation of Theodora. God given.
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Indian
Wolf
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Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Rain; Good Cloud
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FALCON
n.
A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
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The male falcon.
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See Falcon-gentil.
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One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.
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The peregrine falcon.
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A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
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An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
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Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.
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The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.
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In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
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One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.
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A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
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The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
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Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.
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A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
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Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidae
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A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).
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The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
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A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
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A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.