Orrin

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proper noun

A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.

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proper noun

alternative Orin

  1. A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.

    On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.

    2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's
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    During the press conference, Orrin Hatch and the others spoke very graciously about our extraordinary efforts in getting this bill passed […]

    2008, Diana DeGette, Daniel Paisner, Sex, science, and stem cells: inside the right wing assault on reason, page 110
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APA

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Chicago

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