Nigel Definition

pronoun
A male given name, of mostly British usage.
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noun

(Australia, pejorative, usually restricted to youths) A person, usually male, who is unpopular with their peers, unfashionable, socially awkward and/or introverted.

He's such a Nigel: Hangs around in the library all day, by himself.
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Other Word Forms of Nigel

Noun

Singular:
nigel
Plural:
nigels

Origin of Nigel

  • English form of Latin Nigellus, from nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”), used in the Middle Ages to Latinize Norman Néel or Gaelic Neil.

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Nigel Sentence Examples

  • His father was Nigel Theobald, and he is sometimes called Simon Theobald or Tybald.

  • Amongst the older partisans of the Angevin house the most influential were Archbishop Theobald, whose good will guaranteed to Henry the support of the Church, and Nigel, bishop of Ely, who presided at the exchequer.

  • Nigel was at first retained in Stephen's service; but, like his uncle and his brothers, incurred the suspicion of leaning towards the Angevin interest, when Roger of Salisbury and Alexander of Lincoln were arrested by Stephen (January 1139).

  • Ranulph, his first treasurer and representative at Ely, had been extortionate and dishonest, and the monks accused Nigel, probably with some justification, of spending the estates and treasures of the see in maintaining knights and gaining court influence.

  • Foremost among them was the hospital founded by George Heriot - the " Jingling Geordie " of Scott's Fortunes of Nigel - the goldsmith and banker of James VI.

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Words Starting With

NNINIG

Words Ending With

LELGEL

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Words Starting With N and Ending With L

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