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What does Percival mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Percival? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A male given name.
  2. A patronymic surname​.
Name
  1. A male given name of French and Old French origin.
    1. (meaning, history) To pierce the valley.
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Obeying a quick impulse, Percival stepped to the curb as she came opposite to him.
And this passiveness was so unusual with her that it alarmed and irritated Percival by turns.
I remember crying in the back stalls when Storm Boy lost gallant Mr Percival.
The symbol invented for it, ♇, stands both for the first two letters of Pluto and for the initials of Percival Lowell.
He gave up a pair of singles to Hank Blalock and Michael Young leading off the inning before he was relieved by Troy Percival.
The Percival Molson Stadium, one of Quebec's largest sports complexes, is located in the heart of Montréal.

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