Fitzpatrick
English
Etymology
Translation of the Irish surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the devotee of Saint Patrick”), through Fitz, from Old French fils, from Latin fīlius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪtspætɹɪk/
Proper noun
Fitzpatrick
- A surname.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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