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A 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury
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theobald
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Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name , composed from the elements theo- "people" and bald "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans . The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Tybalt (Shakespeare), in French Thibaut , Thibault ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Theobaldus , from Old High German Theudobald , from theuda "folk, people" (see Teutonic ) + bald "bold" (see bold ). Form influenced in Medieval Latin by the many Greek-derived names beginning in Theo- .
Usage examples of theobald.
Theobald and Lippert, warned by the firing, held on behind their sangars, and were ready for the storm which burst over them.
The monks who had suffered under the heavy hand of Theobald, when their dainty foods were curtailed and their cherished privileges sharply denied them, hailed joyfully the unexpected attitude of their new master.
No, your guest is one Gerbert, of the Augustinian canons of Canterbury, a big man in the household of Archbishop Theobald.
Calling all the prelates and mitred abbots to Winchester early in April, and firmly declaring the gathering a legatine council, no mere church assembly, had ensured his supremacy at the subsequent discussions, giving him precedence over Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, who in purely English church matters was his superior.
Theobald, he knew, was quite capable now of being interested in the get of a flop-eared buck.
And oh my goodness, who should be with Mam'zelle, studying a big French chart, but the Head, Miss Theobald herself!
The girls yelled at the thought of Claudine jumping oat of Miss Theobald's window, in order to avoid both Mirabel and Miss Theobald.