guy

  • 41guy — [[t]ga͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ guys 1) N COUNT A guy is a man. [INFORMAL] → See also wise guy I was working with a guy from Manchester. 2) N VOC; N PLURAL: you N Americans sometimes address a group of people, whether they are male or female, as guys or you… …

    English dictionary

  • 42Guy II — There are several figures named and numbered Guy II in history:*Guy II of Spoleto *Guy II, Count of Ponthieu *Guy II, Count of Blois *Guy II de la Roche * Guy II of Jebail, of the Embriaco family …

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  • 43Guy — (ou Gui ou Vite) (PR Guyon, Guyonne, Guylain, Guylaine) (Guido, Vito) (12 juin) (12 juin) • Guy, né en Sicile d un païen, élevé en chrétien par Modeste et Crescence, alla avec eux en Italie, supplicié en 303 sous Dioclétien. Invoqué contre la… …

    Dictionnaire des saints

  • 44guy — English has two separate words guy. The guy of guy rope [14] was probably borrowed from a Low German word (of which Dutch gei ‘rope used for hauling a sail in’ may well be a descendant), but its ultimate ancestry is not clear. Guy ‘fellow, man’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45guy — English has two separate words guy. The guy of guy rope [14] was probably borrowed from a Low German word (of which Dutch gei ‘rope used for hauling a sail in’ may well be a descendant), but its ultimate ancestry is not clear. Guy ‘fellow, man’… …

    Word origins

  • 46guy — I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch gei brail Date: 1623 a rope, chain, rod, or wire attached to something as a brace or guide called also guyline II. transitive verb Date: 1712 to steady or reinforce with a guy III. noun Etymology …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 47guy — n. (colloq.) 1) a great, nice, regular guy 2) a bad; good guy USAGE NOTE: In AE you guys (colloq.) can now be used in speaking not only to a group of men, but also to a group of men and women, and even to a group of women only. * * * [gaɪ] nice… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 48guy — 1 /gaI/ noun (C) 1 informal a man: Dave s a nice guy when you get to know him. 2 a figure of a man burnt every year on Guy Fawkes Night, in Britain 3 also guy rope a rope that stretches from the top or side of a tent or pole to the ground to keep …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49guy — I [[t]gaɪ[/t]] n. 1) inf a man or boy; fellow 2) off cvb inf Usually, guys. inf persons of either sex; people: Do you guys want to go out tonight?[/ex] 3) why (often cap.) an effigy of Guy Fawkes burned in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day 4) brit.… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50guy —    The most frequent use of this vocative is in the plural, ‘guys’ or ‘you guys’ being addressed to a group of men or women, or to a mixture of both sexes. Such usage is rapidly spreading to Britain in the late 1980s, though it was formerly an… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address