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Fortin

Fortin

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A family name from France
  • proper noun
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  • And I've got Father John Fortin down for an interview in this space on Thursday tomorrow, the last day of the of the colloquium.
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Examples

  • Ecologia Montreal, a Completely Ecological House by Gervais Fortin

    Blog text (30)

  • Ernest Fortin, writing specifically on Augustine, put the matter in its proper light:

    Academic text (1998)

  • One of them is Father John Fortin, who is from that Abbey, Saint Anselm's Abbey.

  • Suzanne Fortin, 31, Missoula, Montana

    Blog text (5)

  • Fortin, Pierre. 1996. The Great Canadian Slump. Canadian Journal of Economics 29, no. 4: 761-87.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Michael Fortin, Randy Heisch, and John Iacoletti provided consultation for the kernel extension definition and implementation.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Fortin pointed out that Aristotle, who brilliantly described justice and virtue, still recognized that most people were not virtuous and that those who were had a difficult time seeing, on the basis of philosophy alone, what the purpose of it all was.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Ecologia Montréal, located in Montreal, Canada, is designed by Gervais Fortin.

    Blog text (30)

  • Using CPS data from 1979 to 2002, Fortin (2006) identified a growing college-high school earnings premium over the period from 1980 to 2000 for both males and females.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Miss Fortin danced gracefully, captivating everyone with her elegant moves.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Fortin is a family name from French that comes from fort ('fort' or 'strong') plus the small ending -in ('little'), so it originally meant 'small fort' and was used for people who lived by or worked at a little fortress, which is why it became a surname.