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- proper noun A male
given name .
Etymologies
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The premise involves a loose stage production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," in which the character of Horatio is a 2000-year-old vampire.
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That battle secured for Jervis a peerage (as Earl of St. Vincent — Cape Jervis and the Gulf of St. Vincent were both named after him), but it also made the reputation of Captain Horatio Nelson of H.M.S. Captain.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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"A hero is only as effective and as dynamic as his opponent, and we're working to bring more dangerous, more unpredictable opponents, killers and criminals in Horatio's sights," O'Brien continues.
CSI: Miami Producer: "You're Going to Meet a New Horatio Caine" 2010
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Gene Roddenberry pitched the original Trek as "space-age Captain Horatio Hornblower."
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Horatio is a favourite name of mine as Lord Nelson is my hero, will you shorten his first name to Ellee?
Day Off Newmania 2007
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A riches-to-rags story could be unfolding in Horatio Alger's hometown.
September 2006 2006
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A riches-to-rags story could be unfolding in Horatio Alger's hometown.
Horroratio 2006
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Horatio is the newest writer at The Practical Press.
December 2005 2005
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Well, hot on the heels of his father's death, Horatio is showing signs of not making to see the dawn either.
Hmmm.... 01flux 2002
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The victim was identified as Horatio Chapple by the British Schools Exploring Society, the nonprofit group that organized the five-week Arctic expedition on which the boy was traveling.
NYT > Home Page By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS 2011
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