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Origin: < Du dial. Sinterklaas, Sante Klaas < Sant Nikolaas, Saint Nicholas
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Probably alteration of Dutch Sinterklaas
Origin: , from Middle Dutch Sinterclaes, St. Nicholas
Origin: : sint, saint (from Middle Dutch, from Old French saint; see Saint )
Origin: + heer, lord; see mynheer
Origin: + claes (short for Niclaes, Nicholas)
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