Avis

[ ey-vis ]

noun

1. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”

Example Sentences

Alchemie service manager, Matthew Avis, who helped rebuild Endeavour in its new factory location, discovered that the machine needs to operate in an air-conditioned environment – an important lesson given how much apparel manufacturing happens in southern Asia.

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He added circumstantial evidence suggested Avis had been imprisoned at Exeter Castle at the same time as the trial for Alice was listed.

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Avis died eight years after the supposed execution of Alice in 1693.

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Prof Stoyle's research suggests that the court documents from the time contained a spelling mistake, and Alice Molland might actually have been called Avis Molland.

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He said: "I immediately asked myself, did Alice Molland ever exist? Is Alice, in fact, Avis?"

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