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davys

davys 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: Davys

Davys

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun capitalized: Davys

Davys

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

Origin of davys

A rare spelling variant of Davis, "son of David".

Questions about davys

What does davys mean?
Davys means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is davys the plural of?
Davys is the plural of davy.
What part of speech is davys?
Davys can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near davys in the dictionary

  1. Davydov soliton
  2. Davydov solitons
  3. Davydovs
  4. Davyhulme
  5. davyne
  6. davys
  7. davyum
  8. daw
  9. dawa
  10. dawadawa
  11. dawah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: davys (page history and authors); Davys (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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