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Pelosi

puh-LOH-see
noun
1
A surname of Italian origin.
"Nancy Pelosi served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives."

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In plain EnglishA family name, most familiar today as that of the American politician Nancy Pelosi.

Word Forms

Pelosis plural

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Etymology

From Italian peloso ("hairy"), from Latin pilosus.

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