Red
August 27, 2015 § 1 Comment
ORIGIN:
From the English word, meaning, well, “red”; usually used as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
That’s, um, pretty much it.
REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Red (Ross) Milton, “the red-haired editor of the county newspaper”, who takes Jethro under his wing, in Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (1964; set during the American Civil War, 1861-1865).
The Art of Literary Nomenclature 
[…] IN LITERATURE: – Ross Milton (called “Red“), “the red-haired editor of the county newspaper”, who takes Jethro under his […]
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