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TRAVIS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TRA-vis   [key]

From an English surname which originally denoted someone who collected tolls from people crossing a bridge, ultimately derived from Old French traverse meaning "to cross". It was used in America in honour William Travis (1809-1836), the commander of the Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo.
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