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curtises

Cur·tis
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kur-tis]
    • /ˈkɜr tɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kur-tis]
    • /ˈkɜr tɪs/

Definitions of curtises word

  • noun curtises Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case. 1
  • noun curtises Charles, 1860–1936, vice president of the U.S. 1929–33. 1
  • noun curtises Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar [hur-muh n koch-mahr] /ˈhɜr mən ˈkɒtʃ mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1933, U.S. publisher. 1
  • noun curtises George Ticknor [tik-ner] /ˈtɪk nər/ (Show IPA), 1812–94, U.S. attorney and writer. 1
  • noun curtises George William, 1824–92, U.S. essayist, editor, and reformer. 1
  • noun curtises a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “courteous.”. 1
See all 6 definitions of curtises

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Parts of speech for Curtises

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Curtises

curtises popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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