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Sam

name
/ˈsæm/UK/ˈsæːm/AU/sæm/

Etymology

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.

  1. derived from *sem-✻
  2. inherited from *samnōną✻
  3. inherited from *samnōn✻
  4. inherited from samnian
  5. inherited from sammen

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.

    • While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security.

  2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

  3. A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (sam⁴) or 沈 (cam⁴ / zam³).

  4. ›+ 24 more definitions

    1. A town in Alibori department, Benin.

    2. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.

    3. A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.

    4. A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.

    5. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.

    6. A surname from Khmer

    7. The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.

    8. Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”)

    9. To assemble.

    10. To bring together

      To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).

    11. To assemble

      To assemble; come together.

    12. To coagulate

      To coagulate; curdle (milk).

    13. Together

      • Now are they saints all in that city sam.
      • All Sam the souldiers then replied.

    14. Half or imperfectly done.

    15. Half-heated.

    16. Federal narcotics agent.

    17. Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science…

      Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory on board the Curiosity rover on Mars.)

    18. Initialism of surface-to-air missile.

    19. Initialism of self-assembled monolayer.

    20. Initialism of systolic anterior motion.

    21. Initialism of single abstract method.

      • A SAM conversion occurs when Java converts the SAM interface into functional code.

    22. Initialism of split attraction model.

      • The SAM is a way of deliberately de-coupling sex and romance.
      • Not everyone who can or does experience these attractions differently uses or identifies with the SAM.

    23. Initialism of shared appreciation mortgage.

    24. Initialism of smartass masochist

      Initialism of smartass masochist; a brat.

      • Sexy dyke seeks seasoned top to spice up my play life. Interested? Think you have what it takes to tame a novice SAM? Write me at GCN Box 545

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Derived

stand sam, upon my sam, FrankenSAM

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sam. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA