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View Name: Dick
DICK
(1)
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
English
Pronounced:
DIK
[key]
Medieval
diminutive
of
RICHARD
. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the trilled Norman
R
was pronounced by the English.
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