Poindexter
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Poindexter
Frequency: (3485)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: nickname from Old French poing destre ‘right fist’. This name is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who fled from France to England, and from there to VA.
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Poindexter
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poindexter
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noun, US
An over-industrious student, esp. a socially inept one; a swot or nerd. (1981 —) .
[From a character so named in the US television animated-cartoon series Felix the Cat ((1959)), who was a genius but spoke impenetrable jargon; he in turn is said to have been based on Emmett Poindexter, attorney for the creator of the series.]
noun, US
An over-industrious student, esp. a socially inept one; a swot or nerd. (1981 —) .
[From a character so named in the US television animated-cartoon series Felix the Cat ((1959)), who was a genius but spoke impenetrable jargon; he in turn is said to have been based on Emmett Poindexter, attorney for the creator of the series.]
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