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Trish

Trish proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

Proper noun

Trish

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
    • "Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.1991, Joyce Carol Oates, Heat And Other Stories, Dutton, →ISBN

Questions about Trish

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

Words near Trish in the dictionary

  1. trisetum
  2. trisetums
  3. trisexual
  4. trisexuality
  5. trisexuals
  6. Trish
  7. Trisha
  8. trishaw
  9. trishaws
  10. Trishira
  11. trishna

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