Meanings
hussey1
plural husseys
- obsoleteObsolete form of hussy.
And to be sure, as your ladyship says, the girl hath always appeared like a good, honest, plain girl, and not vain of her face, forsooth, as some wanton husseys in the neighbourhood are.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Hussey2
Origin
- Medieval LatinOsseia
- Middle Englishhouswyf“housewife”
- Latinhosatus“trousers, pants”
- Old Frenchhosed
- EnglishHussey
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French hosed, from Latin hosatus (“trousers, pants”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English houswyf (“housewife”). * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye, from Medieval Latin Osseia, ultimately related to houx (“holly”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hEodhusa (“descendant of Eodhus”), a name of uncertain origin, but compare aodh (“fire”).
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