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Pat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (offensive, possibly, slang) An Irish person.
    • The stereotypes of the Irish were more negative. Irish men, the “Pats,” were seen as “always drunk, eternally fighting, lazy, and shiftless.” 2015, David Wagner, Miracle Worker and the Transcendentalist, page 28:
    • I'll do it, sir, by the honor of the Pats, just take your two good looking selves into the garden, […] 1868, Irish Assurance and Yankee Modesty, page 18:

Forms

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Synonyms

Paddy

Source: en.wiktionary, “Pat” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pat en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
    • One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation. 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:

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Deriveds

Patty · on the Pat and Mick · Pat and Mick

Translations (3)

gv Padeen (diminutive of Patrick) · sk Paťa (diminutive of Patricia) · sk Paťo (diminutive of Patrick)

Source: en.wiktionary, “Pat” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pat en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Pat. This surname is mostly found in Yucatán. * Borrowed from Khmer.

Meanings

  1. A surname from Khmer or Yucatec Maya.

Forms

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