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Comey

/ˈkəʊmi/

Comey proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Comey (plural Comeys)

  1. A surname.
    • After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2017

Forms of Comey

pluralComeys

Origin of Comey

Two main origins: * Welsh habitational surname from a place called Cymau, in Flintshire, from cymau, plural of cwm (“valley”). * Reduced Anglicisized form of Irish Mac Giolla Choimdheadh (“son of the servant of Lord God”).

Questions about Comey

What does Comey mean?
Comey means a surname.
What part of speech is Comey?
Comey is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Comey?
Comey is pronounced /ˈkəʊmi/.

Words near Comey in the dictionary

  1. cometwise
  2. comeupance
  3. comeupances
  4. comeuppance
  5. comeuppances
  6. Comey
  7. Comeys
  8. comf
  9. comf'table
  10. comf'tabler
  11. comf'tablest

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