Mallory definition
A male given name transferred from the surname.
pronoun
A female given name transferred from the surname.
pronoun
(cryptography) Often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios (synonym: Mallet). See Alice and Bob.
pronoun
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Origin of mallory
- From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person Maillorie, Malleorre, corresponding to the Old French adjective maleüré (unhappy, unlucky), from Old French noun maleür (unhappiness, bad luck), French malheur.
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