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Algernon
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A male given name of French origin.
"Algernon was a minor character in the novel."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned English first name, originally a nickname meaning "moustached".
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Etymology
From Old French als gernons, roughly "with moustaches" — originally a nickname describing facial hair before it became a family and given name.