B was an Anglo-Saxon saint.
C was a British Army officer.
D was supposedly a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte.
E was a famous Oxford lecturer.
What connects?
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Answer : English words named after them
A - Charles Boycott ("boycott")
B - St.Audry ("tawdry")
C - Henry Shrapnel ("shrapnel")
D - Nicolas Chauvin ("chauvinism")
E - William Spooner ("spoonerism")
A - Charles Boycott ("boycott")
B - St.Audry ("tawdry")
C - Henry Shrapnel ("shrapnel")
D - Nicolas Chauvin ("chauvinism")
E - William Spooner ("spoonerism")
5 comments:
Charles Boycott and henry Sharpnel both of them hav words named after them dealing wid military ???
-------- Rithwik
Words inspired by these ppl found place in the English dictionary. e.g Boycott from Charles Boycott
English words..!
Perhaps English words are named after them with a connection perhaps the words are used in a negative way I mean bad names to good people ..
A is Charles Boycott
B is St Audry the word is Tawdry
C is Henry Shrapnel
D is perhaps Nicolas Chauvin
E is ????
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