Tristram

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UK/ˈtɹɪstɹəm/

proper noun

A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan.

Less commonScrabble 10

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proper noun
  1. A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan.
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    But of all names in the universe he had the most unconquerable aversion for Tristram;--he had the lowest and most contemptible opinion of it of any thing in the world,--thinking it could possibly produce nothing in rerum natura, but what was extremely mean and pitiful: - - - --In a word, to behold such a one, in his old age, ill-fitted for troubles, ten times in a day suffering sorrow;--ten times in a day calling the child of his prayers Tristram!-- Melancholy dissyllable of sound! which, to his ears, was unison to Nincompoop, and every name vituperative under heaven.

    1759, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, 1:XIX

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APA

Tristram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tristram

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“Tristram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tristram. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tristram,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tristram.

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