The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Old English place name, meaning “rough hill”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Rawdy, I suppose?

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Capt. (later Col.) Rawdon Crawley, the dashing, profligate soldier who is Sir Pitt’s younger son and Becky’s suitor in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).
– Rawdon Crawley, the son of Capt. Crawley and Becky, unofficially adopted by Pitt Crawley and Lady Jane, in Vanity Fair.

Tagged: 1810s, 1820s, 1840s, English, R

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