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Teri

Teri proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Teresa.

Proper noun (1)

Teri

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
    • 'What's your name, by the way?'
      'Teri.'
      'Terry?'
      She spelt it for him. 'But you can call me Miss Teri.'
      Rebus smiled. 'I'll assume that's an assumed name. Maybe I'll see you around, Miss Teri.'2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 34

Proper noun (2)

Teri

  1. Someone from Hawick.

Origin of Teri

A spelling variant of Terry, from Teresa.

From Teribus ye teri odin, of unknown origin (though possibly Old Welsh).

Questions about Teri

What does Teri mean?
Teri means a diminutive of the female given name Teresa.
What part of speech is Teri?
Teri is a proper noun.

Words near Teri in the dictionary

  1. terguride
  2. Terhaar
  3. Terhaars
  4. Terhune
  5. Terhunes
  6. Teri
  7. Teriann
  8. Terianne
  9. Teribe
  10. Terich Mir
  11. Terichmir

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