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davies

UK/ˈdeɪvɪs/

davies is the plural of davy.

Meaning of davy

Noun (1)

davy (plural davies)

  1. An affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath
    • Rather than testify in open court, each sailor posted a davy before sailing off.

Noun (2)

davy (plural davys or davies)

  1. A Davy lamp, a type of safety lamp.
    • The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight.

See all 5 meanings of davy

Proper noun capitalized: Davies

Davies

  1. A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
    • This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross.2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Dave Davies, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023

Noun capitalized: Davies

Davies

  1. (plural) plural of Davy (kind of lamp)

Words that rhyme with davies

Questions about davies

What does davies mean?
Davies means a Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
What is davies the plural of?
Davies is the plural of davy.
What part of speech is davies?
Davies can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce davies?
Davies is pronounced /ˈdeɪvɪs/ (UK).

Words near davies in the dictionary

  1. Davidson's plum
  2. Davidson's plums
  3. Davidsonian
  4. Davie
  5. Davie County
  6. davies
  7. Daviess County
  8. Davignon
  9. Davignons
  10. davil
  11. Davila

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Adapted from Wiktionary: davies (page history and authors); Davies (page history and authors); davy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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