Algernon

Algernon
Algernon masc. proper name, lit. "with mustaches," from O.Fr. als gernons, from a les "to the, with the" + gernon, variant of grenon "mustache," from V.L. *granonem, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.E. granu "mustache").

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