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Thain meaning
A surname originating as an occupation.
Example sentences (7)
On 12th October, during the encounter, SHO Manoj Kumar’s revolver got jammed and to scare the criminals he shouted “thain thain” to imitate the voice of a real gun.
The Thain was in charge of Shire Moot and Muster and the Hobbitry-in-Arms, but as the Hobbits of the Shire generally led entirely peaceful, uneventful lives the office of Thain came to be seen as something of a formality.
Dayna Thain, carnivore keeper at Chester Zoo, said: “These majestic animals are hanging on to survival by a thread in Sumatra.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how Thain dragged his partner by her hair, threw objects at her and headbutted her during an argument about their eight-month-old child.
The pilot James Thain survived but co-pilot Captain Kenneth Rayment died from his injuries five weeks later.
After the battle, the kingdom of Arnor was destroyed, and in the absence of the king, the Hobbits elected a Thain of the Shire from among their own chieftains.
The first Thain of the Shire was Bucca of the Marish, who founded the Oldbuck family.