Billy
See also: billy
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Diminutive and pet-form; see Bill
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Billy
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 98:
- “By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”.
- (US, nickname) The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell.
- 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 7:
- Just then a squadron of "Billys" -- twin-engined B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers -- flew overhead [...].
- 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 7:
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a diminutive of the male given name William — see also Bill
William — see William
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Billy
- a male given name from English
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Billy c (genitive Billys)
- a male given name borrowed from English