Note 133 — Chapter XII
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These names are supposed to have been generally conferred in consequence of characters represented in public performances and processions. In some cases they imply that the bearer was in the employment of the dignitary. We find them in other languages, e.g., Fr. Leroy, Leduc, Lévêque; Ger. König, Herzog, Bischof. Lévêque has given Eng. Levick, Vick, and (Trotty) Veck.