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Young boys serving on Age of Sail warships
A powder boy or powder monkey manned naval artillery guns as a member of a ship's crew, primarily during the Age of Sail. Their chief role was to ferry
Powder_monkey
Topics referred to by the same term
Powder monkeys was the nickname given to boys and young men during the Age of Sail that carried bags of gunpowder from the powder magazine in the ship's
Powder monkey (disambiguation)
Powder_monkey_(disambiguation)
Australian band
Powder Monkeys were an Australian punk, indie rock band, formed in 1991. The founding mainstays, Tim Hemensley, on bass guitar and lead vocals and John
Powder_Monkeys
British racing driver (born 1992)
Hamilton returned to the BTCC with Un-Limited Motorsport (rebranded as Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock) partnering Dexter Patterson and Max Hall. He
Nicolas_Hamilton
British actress (born 1988)
also appeared on stage in Manchester Royal Exchange's production of Powder Monkey, as well as The Royal Court and the National Theatre. In 2016, Crome
Karla_Crome
called monkey jackets, which were worn by the rigging monkey. Similarly, the term powder monkey was used for small boys that would run black powder from
Rigging_monkey
Nickname for people from Hartlepool, County Durham, England
the monkey in question was not a real monkey, but a powder monkey, a small boy who worked below deck. An earlier and remarkably similar monkey-hanging
Monkey_hanger
Female pirate (died 1733)
handing out gunpowder to fellow pirates, a job usually referred to as a powder monkey. On 5 September 1720, Governor Rogers put out a proclamation, later
Anne_Bonny
173–175. ISBN 0-8702-1258-3. Kingston, William Henry Giles (1883). From powder-monkey to admiral. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 12, 15, 36. Retrieved
List_of_obsolete_occupations
68th season of the British Touring Car Championship
Motorsport Cupra León TOCA/M-Sport 6 17 Dexter Patterson All 93 Max Hall 1–5 Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock 28 Nicolas Hamilton All Restart Racing Hyundai
2025 British Touring Car Championship
2025_British_Touring_Car_Championship
British naval officer (1785–1860)
(dimensions : 190-3 x 32-8,5/54-0 x 21-9, 412 hp.) From Powder Monkey to Governor, pp. 80–86 From Powder Monkey to Governor, p 175 The United Service Magazine
John_Hindmarsh
American Civil War topic
Served on the ship his father commanded, the U.S.S. Cossack. He was a "powder monkey," passing ammunition to the gunners from the magazine. During the battle
Child soldiers in the American Civil War
Child_soldiers_in_the_American_Civil_War
Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Company, in Baltimore, Maryland
silver medal winner at the 2012 World Beer Cup as Heavy Seas Märzen), Powder Monkey Pale Ale (silver medal winner at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival
Heavy_Seas_Beer
British naval history
assisted with the ship's kitchen, as well as other duties, while a powder monkey helped in the ship's armoury.[citation needed] After the Age of Sail
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries
Royal_Navy_ranks,_rates,_and_uniforms_of_the_18th_and_19th_centuries
who worked in the caves were called "peter monkey", somewhat in imitation of the naval term "powder monkey" that was used for the boys who brought up
History_of_gunpowder
English football league
Stadium Cove Oak Farm Fawley Waterside Sports & Social Club Fleetlands Powder Monkey Park Folland Sports The Arrow Arena Frimley Green The KBO Stadium Hamworthy
Wessex_Football_League
Type of firearm propellant
Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists
Gunpowder
1966 historical novel by James Clavell
at the age of seven, Dirk Struan began his nautical adventures as a powder monkey on a king's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar and he remains bound to
Tai-Pan_(novel)
Surname list
Pendleton Tolliver, a fictional character in Ted Bell's short story "The Powder Monkey", compiled in the anthology Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night
Taliaferro
Musical artist
was an Australian bass guitarist and singer. He was the front man of Powder Monkeys (1991–2002), a punk, garage and hard rock band. He had been a member
Tim_Hemensley
English actor (1913–1984)
Papa Suprenant She Shall Have Murder (1950) as Police Inspector The Powder Monkey (1951 TV movie) as Ben Flesh and Blood (1951) as Ambassador (uncredited)
Francis_de_Wolff
American physiologist (1904–2004)
to pursue odd jobs, such as shoveling bat guano in Arizona, being a powder monkey in a Colorado mine, and working in a lumber camp. He eventually finished
Ancel_Keys
Australian band
band's charisma and sense of arrogance." Hemensley and Nolan formed Powder Monkeys in Melbourne in 1991. Silbersher formed Hoss and then Tendrils, he released
God_(Australian_band)
Annual outdoor music festival in Meredith, Victoria, Australia
Warner Bros, Kill Sarah, Housewives' Choice, Ripe, Boxing Tostados, Powder Monkeys, Rod, Kipling Ensemble, Picko, Hoss, The Naked King's Servant, The Mavis's
Meredith_Music_Festival
Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
Equiano assisted the crews of the ships he was on in times of battle as a powder monkey. Pascal favoured Equiano and sent him to his sister-in-law in Great
Olaudah_Equiano
American fraudster (1826–1878)
member of the Royal Navy in the First Opium War as a cabin boy and a "powder monkey". At only 22, he was a commission merchant and a year later built the
Parker_H._French
English neo-prog band
the London Town and Country Club, was filmed by the BBC, with Blue Powder Monkey being subsequently shown on "Old Grey Whistle Test". The concert was
Twelfth_Night_(band)
British brewery
continuing to offer a range of Castle Eden Ales on draught.[citation needed] Powder Monkey Group acquired the brewery and business in May 2025. "Archived copy"
Castle_Eden_Brewery
and meets up with Jack Peters and Jacob Jacobsen. Jack has a job as a powder monkey in a quarry, and enables Charles and Jacob to get work there too, where
List of Little House on the Prairie episodes
List_of_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_episodes
English inventor and machine tool innovator (1771–1831)
Street and Beresford Street. Maudslay began work at the age of 12 as a "powder monkey", one of the boys employed in filling cartridges at the Arsenal. After
Henry_Maudslay
Lineups of a music festival series
Yes Front End Loader No Yes No No Yes No Mantissa No Yes No Yes No No Powder Monkeys No Yes No No No No Pumpkinhead No No No No No Yes Loves Ugly Children
Big_Day_Out_lineups_by_year
American film producer (1880–1924)
was the youngest of nine boys who enlisted in the British Navy as a "powder monkey". He later disembarked at San Francisco, and found work as a reporter
Thomas_H._Ince
Discography of The Hellacopters between the years 1994 and 2008
Wayback Machine hellacopters.com Retrieved: 2009-07-07 The Hellacopters / Powder Monkeys Archived 2009-01-01 at the Wayback Machine hellacopters.com Retrieved:
The_Hellacopters_discography
American writer
Quote: "Most Paladin readers know Ragnar Benson as a survivalist, a powder monkey, a trapper, a hunter and a dispenser of survival medicine, but how many
Ragnar_Benson
British drum and bass, dubstep and electro house producer and DJ
Faces" (2006) (BAR14) Spor – "Ignition" (2006) (RH75/RHLP10) Spor – "Powder Monkey" (2006) (SUBTITLES055) Spor – "Knock You Down" (2006) (LFTD001) Spor
Jon_Gooch
American writer (1946–2023)
series, Monarch, written by Ryan Steck, was published in 2025. "The Powder Monkey" (2006) "Crash Dive" (2011) "What Comes Around" (working title was "Rogue")
Ted_Bell
Pirate (c.1706/09–1717)
the 18th century, and though the Royal Navy employed young boys as "powder monkeys" to carry gunpowder from ship's magazine to their cannons, boys of King's
John_King_(pirate)
American writers
Charley Skedaddle (1987) Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee (1988) Eben Tyne, Powder Monkey (1990) Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee (1978) Who Comes with Cannons
John_and_Patricia_Beatty
British story paper, 1879–1967
first assistant editor); and the first volume's serials included "From Powder Monkey to Admiral, or The Stirring Days of the British Navy". In the same volume
The_Boy's_Own_Paper
Maritime museum in Hartlepool, England
warship. There is now a new character which is Jim Henshaw, a young powder monkey. include an HMS Trincomalee Exhibition, Viewing Balcony overlooking
Royal Navy Museums, Hartlepool
Royal_Navy_Museums,_Hartlepool
Greek-American soldier (c.1818–1891)
refugee spent the next three years serving as either a cabin boy or powder monkey. This way the crew was able to keep him aboard with unofficial duties
George_Sirian
American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor
For a year, Parsons participated in military drill and served as a "powder monkey" for the cannoneers. Upon the expiration of his first enlistment, Parsons
Albert_Parsons
naval battles, including the Battle of the Nile in 1798, serving as a powder monkey and medical assistant. When not in battle she assisted with the domestic
Nancy_Perriam
tasks including bringing powder and shot from the ship's magazine to the gun crews. These children were called "powder monkeys".[citation needed] During
History of children in the military
History_of_children_in_the_military
Terms, jargon and slang used by members of the Industrial Workers of the World union
Clothes Dyno or dino A rock man who handles dynamite, sometimes called a "powder monkey". Eagle eye Locomotive engineer Economic argument Soap-box talk about
Glossary_of_Wobbly_terms
1768. "Rolling on the Grass" 1769. "Merry Mountain Child" 1770. "The Powder Monkey" 1771. "The Muffin Man" 1772. "Farmer's Dog" 1773. "No record" 1774
List of folk songs by Roud number
List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number
position; pronounced as "paws" Powder Monkey – Name used within Field Artillery for the Marine whose job it is to prepare the powder/propellant needed for a
List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions
derives from cannonballs stowed on a brass triangle named after a "powder monkey" (a boy who runs gunpowder to the ship's guns) spilling owing to the
Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
Glossary_of_British_terms_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States
London Potbelly Brewery Northamptonshire Potton Brewery Bedfordshire Powder Monkey Brewing Co. Gosport Prescott Ales Gloucestershire Pressure Drop Brewing
List_of_breweries_in_England
American independent record label
Deviants (Mick Farren) Germs The Love Drunks The Nerves The Plimsouls The Powder Monkeys The Red Tyger Church The Sights The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs Thee Michelle
Alive_Naturalsound_Records
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
slave who was active in the British abolitionist movement, served as a powder monkey on Namur. Furness, Hannah (26 May 2016). "Remains of legendary 260-year-old
HMS_Namur_(1756)
English Tudor warship (1511–1545)
engaged in heavy pulling and pushing, the exception possibly being a "powder monkey" not involved in heavy work. These have been tentatively classified
Mary_Rose
filled with cannons and catapults opens, just waiting to be used by the powder monkey apprentices… 57b 5b "Diving in the Wild" "(Plongée sauvage)" Idriss
List of Grizzy & the Lemmings episodes
List_of_Grizzy_&_the_Lemmings_episodes
2004 studio album by Big Big Train
Filkins 6:04 5. "Pell Mell" Spawton, Poole, Hughes, Filkins 6:36 6. "Powder Monkey" Spawton, Poole, Filkins 9:08 7. "Gathering Speed" Spawton, Poole, Filkins
Gathering_Speed
Fine powder green tea
Matcha (/ˈmætʃə, ˈmɑːtʃə/ ; Japanese: 抹茶) is a finely ground powder of green tea specially processed from shade-grown tea leaves. Shade growing gives matcha
Matcha
over the ship's cannons, known as 'kissing the Gunner's Daughter'. Powder Monkey is a term for the young boys who carried the gunpowder on the ships
The_Old_Cannon_Brewery
Powder bound ethanol
Alcohol powder or powdered alcohol or dry alcohol is a powder that becomes an alcoholic drink when water is added. It is made using micro-encapsulation
Alcohol_powder
Third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Trafalgar Companion. p. 291. Goodwin. The Ships of Trafalgar. p. 68. From Powder Monkey to Governor: The Life of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, Access Press
HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)
Organization of the pirates of the 18th century
pirate ship were often servants known as cabin boys. During battles, powder monkeys ran gunpowder from below deck to cannon crews and also relayed messages
Governance in 18th-century piracy
Governance_in_18th-century_piracy
History of the British Navy from 1837 to 1901
preparation of boys—the future seamen. Previously, boys often joined as "powder monkeys" or servants, picking up skills informally through observation and menial
Royal Navy during the Victorian Era
Royal_Navy_during_the_Victorian_Era
New Zealand guitarist and singer-songwriter (1956–2018)
guitar (both from The Blackeyed Susans), and Timmy Jack Ray on drums (Powder Monkeys). By mid-November the following year Jones issued his second solo album
Spencer_P._Jones
English writer (1814–1880)
Story of Maiden May. 1 vol. London: Griffith and Farran, 1883. From Powder Monkey to Admiral: A Story of Naval Adventure. 1 vol. London: Hodder and Stoughton
William_Henry_Giles_Kingston
British writer
an old salt. London & New York, George Routledge & Sons, 1868. The Powder Monkey; or, The Adventures of Two Boy Heroes in the Island of Madagascar. London
William_Dalton_(author)
"From the East, Light" "A Tall Order" "The Author of Her Misfortune" "Powder-Monkey" "Earwigs" "Nyquil" "The Possible" "Shiftless" "The Young Fire Eaters
Raymond_Carver_bibliography
2004 compilation album by The Hellacopters
Motel" (Arthur Lee) - 2:48 Love cover, released on split single with Powder Monkeys "Geekstreak" (Nicke Andersson) - 3:31 From the EP Geekstreak "Another
Cream_of_the_Crap!_Vol._2
British sailor (1778–1808)
the ship she was transferred to the Brunswick where she served as a powder monkey. Talbot was wounded for the second time on 1 June 1794 during the battle
Mary_Anne_Talbot
(a.k.a. Savage Siege) Treasure (1973) (a.k.a. Treasure Map (1974)) Powder Monkey (1973) (a.k.a. Sailor's Blood (1974)) Blood for Breakfast (1974) (a
Kenneth_Bulmer_bibliography
Recreational drug often superficially resembling true bath salts
from instances in which the drugs were disguised as bath salts. The white powder, granules or crystals often resemble Epsom salts, but differ chemically
Bath_salts_(drug)
Artillery mounted on a warship
below deck for safety. Powder boys (sometimes called powder monkeys), typically 10–14 years old, were enlisted to run powder from the armoury up to the
Naval_artillery
Swedish garage rock band
Dregen the band set out on tour along with Wayne Kramer, The Nomads and Powder Monkeys. In 2000 the band headed back into the studio to record their first
The_Hellacopters
English writer (1667–1731)
ISBN 978-0-300-13756-9. Edward Ward. The curry-comb turn'd to its right use; or, The powder-monkey to a Jamaica ship, dress'd with it. OCLC 228730742. Fritz-Wilhelm Neumann:
Ned_Ward
Ship of the line of the French Navy
of one of the sailors. She had been working in the ship's hold as a powder monkey passing up gunpowder from the forward magazine to the lower gundeck
French_ship_Achille_(1804)
1968 single by Sam & Dave
generally considered to be in recognition of former Australian act The Powder Monkeys who used to regularly play the song live and were a significant influence
I_Thank_You_(song)
American author (1908–1966)
Connie" (1953) "Alabama Raider" (1957) "One hour to victory" (1960) "Powder monkey" (1962) A graduate of Iowa City High School and the University of Iowa
Betty_Baxter_Anderson
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
him. Conditions on Drake's gun deck were so unpredictable that the "powder monkeys"—the boys who brought charges of gunpowder up for the great guns, in
North_Channel_Naval_Duel
Royal Navy Admiral and Tory politician (1794–1874)
Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource. "Battle of Trafalgar 'powder monkey' medals go on sale". Daily Telegraph. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March
George Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont
George_Perceval,_6th_Earl_of_Egmont
Australian punk rock band
(ex-Royal Flush, God). Both Hemensley and Nolan left in 1991 to form Powder Monkeys. Bored! released five studio albums by 1993 and disbanded later that
Bored_(band)
1942 film by Rowland V. Lee
The rambunctious and physically imposing Jeems O'Shea, head of the powder monkeys at the factory, and his sycophant Billy arrive at the house. O'Shea
Powder_Town
2002 Australian film
by Lisa Miller, Jody Bell And Tim Rogers – 1:47 "Black and Blue" by Powder Monkeys -4:25 "Calendar Eyes" by You Am I – 4:01 "Bom Bom" by Daddy Cool – 2:33
Dirty_Deeds_(2002_film)
medicine, since at least the 6th century. "Even today, a charred monkey's head, pounded into powder, is taken as medicine for illnesses of the head and brain
Monkeys_in_Japanese_culture
Australian salt producer (1888–1974)
he recovered he travelled to Port Said in Egypt where he worked as a powder monkey. In November 1915 Haritos immigrated to Australia in search of work
Eustratios_Georgiou_Haritos
Australian cartoonist (1930–2018)
went back to live with his family in Armidale, where he worked as a powder monkey on the Oaky River Dam project. During this time, Wheelahan's ten-page
Paul_Wheelahan
Anglo-American sailor and author
Baron Churchill, Leech being the son of one of her servants. He was a powder monkey during Macedonian's duel with the United States in 1812, and would later
Samuel_Leech
2006 short story collection by James Patterson
Lion" by Grant Blackwood "Interlude at Duane's" by F. Paul Wilson "The Powder Monkey" by Ted Bell "Surviving Toronto" by M. Diane Vogt "Assassins" by Christopher
Thriller_(anthology)
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
the harbor at Santiago, Cuba, on July 3, 1898. Upham was serving as a powder monkey for one of the six-inch guns on the Oregon's bridge; he was given the
Oscar_J._Upham
Pub and live music venue
Paradise Motel Penthouse Paupers Portraits of Hugo Perez Powderfinger Powder Monkeys Pray TV Regurgitator RPN Roaring Jack Rocket Science The Rococo Pops
Punters_Club
American musician and producer (born 1952)
Vultures, The Statics, The Persuaders, The Scared Stiffs, Furious George, Powder Monkeys, Parasites, Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs, Los Vivos, The Phanthom
Andy_Shernoff
Climbing areas of England
Peaches (E4), Trafalgar Crack (V Diff), Camperdown Crawl (VS) and Powder Monkey Parade (S – but do not underestimate it).[citation needed] It was also
Birchen_Edge
American theater manager & politician (1850–1913)
Civil War he served the Confederate Army in Schoolfield's Battery as a "powder monkey", a boy who carried gunpowder. He later served as a courier for General
John_Henry_Whallen
American geochemist and petrologist
miscellaneous occupations that included: driller, rocker shovel loader, powder-monkey, and geologist in mines in Ontario, Canada. In 1965, the first of his
Larry_Taylor_(geochemist)
Prolific author of boys' adventure fiction
1925 Chums Dungeon and Rack Short Story 06 Sep 1925 112 1926 Chums Powder-Monkey Jack Serial Story 14 Feb 1926 113 1926 Chums Pirate Sink-or-Burn Short
Samuel_Walkey
English writer and educationalist (1831–1909)
(1900) Old Gold (1900) The King's Sons (1900) The Lost Middy (1900) The Powder Monkey (1900) A Dash From Diamond City (1901) The Kopje Garrison (1901) The
George_Manville_Fenn
Edible mushroom
composition can be glucose for the carbon source, soybean powder, corn powder, and wheat bran powder as a complex nitrogen source. The pH values most suitable
Hericium_erinaceus
Government authority managing forests in Victoria, Australia
and to repair or replace damaged timber bridges. The Commission's own powder monkeys blasted and crushed rock from large quarries in the forest to provide
Forests_Commission_Victoria
Australian politician
taxi driver, political adviser and lawyer. At one point he worked as a powder monkey in the South Australian desert Griffiths showed early entrepreneurial
Alan_Griffiths
1951 opera by Benjamin Britten
Angardi, Bruce Webb, David Sellar, Raymond Hatch Chorus: Midshipmen, Powder monkeys, Officers, Sailors, Drummers, Marines Royal Opera Chorus & Children
Billy_Budd_(opera)
was born in Wigan, England in 1841. He served in the Royal Navy as a "powder monkey" before immigrating to the United States where he settled in California
John_E._Ince,_Sr.
Royal Navy officer (1776–1853)
Bladen Family Trees and Family History F. Stewart Hindmarsh: From Powder Monkey to Governor: the life of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, Access Press
Thomas_Bladen_Capel
Species of flowering plant
Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey jack or monkey fruit, is a tropical evergreen tree species of the family Moraceae. It is distributed throughout
Artocarpus_lacucha
Tasmanian punk band
The Freeloaders. Hibberd was a founding member of indie rock band, Powder Monkeys. In March 1998 Guy Lucas died of a drug overdose. A compilation album
The_Philisteins
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, PORTER means "doorkeeper."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of at least three places named Cowden. One in Northumbria occurs in 1286 as Colden and is derived from Old English col ‘(char)coal’ + denu ‘valley’; that in East Yorkshire occurs in Domesday Book as Coledun and is from Old English col + dūn ‘hill’; while one in Kent is recorded in 1160 as Cudena and is from Old English cū ‘cow’ + denn ‘pasture’. The last does not appear to have yielded any surnames; the surname is more or less restricted to northern England, and is also found in northern Ireland, where it may be of Scottish origin, from places called Cowden near Dollar and near Dalkeith, Lothian.
Boy/Male
French, Hindu, Indian
Power Holder
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Hodder.
Male
Swedish
Old Swedish form of Old Norse Oddr, ODDER means "point of a weapon."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Godere, Old English GÅdhere, composed of the elements gÅd ‘good’ + here ‘army’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish : variant spelling of Louden.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places called Bowden or Bowdon. Bowden in Devon and Derbyshire and Bowdon in Cheshire are named with Old English boga ‘bow’ + dūn ‘hill’, i.e. ‘hill shaped like a bow’; one in Leicestershire (Bugedone in Domesday Book) comes, according to Ekwall, from the Old English personal name Būga (masculine) or Bucge (feminine) + dūn. There are also Scottish places of this name, but there are comparatively few bearers of the surname Bowden north of the border.English : habitational name from Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, so named with the Old English phrase būfan dūne ‘on, upon the hill’. The surname may also have arisen as a topographic name from the same phrase used independently, for someone who lived at the top of a hill.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadáin ‘descendant of Buadán’, an Old Irish personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Power.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Pericles, Prince of Tyre' A Pander.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Loder.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or from a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be the protector of a house.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.English (chiefly western counties) : occupational name for a tender of animals, from an agent derivative of Middle English hold(en) ‘to guard or keep’ (Old English h(e)aldan). It is possible that this word was also used in the wider sense of a holder of land within the feudal system. Compare Helder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a derivative of Middle English pedder ‘pannier’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a peddler or someone who carried a pannier. This name is now frequent in Australia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of hoods, from a Middle English agent derivative of Old English hÅd (see Hood 1).
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a village or by some other boundary, Middle English border, from Old French bordure ‘edge’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English porter ‘doorkeeper’, ‘gatekeeper’ (Old French portier). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. As an American surname, this has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other European languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner) and North German Poertner.English : occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Old French porteo(u)r (Late Latin portator, from portare ‘to carry or convey’).Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch portere ‘doorkeeper’. Compare 1.Dutch : status name for a freeman (burgher) of a seaport, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adoption of the English or Dutch name in place of some Ashkenazic name of similar sound or meaning.
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Power of Supreme Wonder
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a place so called near Kelso on the border with England. Early forms include Hadden, Hauden, and Halden; the place name is probably from Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ + denu ‘valley’.English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire, so named from Old Norse hǫfuð ‘head’ (replacing Old English hēafod) + Old English denu ‘valley’; the first element may have been used in the sense ‘principal’, ‘top’, or ‘end’.Americanized form of Norwegian Hovden.
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Welton, for example in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and East Yorkshire, from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu
Surpassing Thought; Incogitable; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
King of Fame
Girl/Female
Indian
Pure as water, Pearl
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri
Jasmine Flower
Surname or Lastname
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : patronymic from Wolf.Americanized spelling of the Low German cognate Wolfsen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : derivative of Deem, meaning ‘(son or servant) of the judge’.
Girl/Female
British, English
Sturdy Shoe
Male
Danish
, follower of Christ.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
POWDER MONKEY
v. i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
v. t.
To play the pander for.
v. t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
v. t.
To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
n.
See Pouter.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
v. t.
To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
a.
Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
v. i.
To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
v. t.
To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
n.
A mower.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
a.
Resembling powder; consisting of powder.
a.
Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.