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ARCHIE

"ARCHIE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be genuine", "to be bold".

Date "ARCHIE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references)


Specialty Definition: ARCHIE

DomainDefinition

Computing

Archie A system to automatically gather, index and serve information on the Internet. The initial implementation of archie by McGill University School of Computer Science provided an indexed directory of filenames from all anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Later versions provide other collections of information. See also archive site, Gopher, Prospero, Wide Area Information Servers. (1995-12-28). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Archie

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

See:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Archie."

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Crosswords: ARCHIE

Specialty definitions using "ARCHIE": archive siteDemon Internet Ltd.Prosperowhatis, Wide Area Information Servers. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ARCHIE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (Archie).

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Modern Usage: ARCHIE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Phew! I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978! (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

I haven't felt that good since Archie Gammel scored against Holland in 1978! (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge)

Archie and Jughead were lovers. (Chasing Amy; writing credit: Kevin Smith.)

You say our names, we're going to have to kill all these people, Archie! (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox)

Thanks, Uncle Archie. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

Movie/TV Titles

The US of Archie (1974)

A Hard Day for Archie (1973)

The Archie Comedy Hour (1969)

Educating Archie (1958)

Archie Shepp: I Am Jazz... It's My Life (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ARCHIE

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence (reference)

  • Archie (reference)

  • Archie (Anything Book Funny Pages, Ruled Series) (reference)

  • Archie and Edith, Mike and Gloria: The Tumultuous History of All in the Family (reference)

  • Archie Moore vs. Floyd Patterson (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Archie Meets Meathead/Sammy Takes Bunker Hill (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ARCHIE

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Caption: The Ernest L. Stevens Trio, Left to Right, Archie Slater, Ernest L. Stevens, Sam Brown, in the Third Floor Music Room of Bldg. 5; West Orange, NJ; ca. 1923; {29.420/162} (jpg).

Wit' the roarin' an the archie guns, I gathered her in me arms. Credit: Library of Congress.

Archie Roosevelt, full-length portrait, on his calico Shetland pony "Algonquin," facing right; in front of the new White House offices. Credit: Library of Congress.

James Archie plowing field, with pair of mules(?). Credit: Library of Congress.

(Left to right) Reverend John Hutchinson, Arthur Garfield Hayes, Norman Thomas, Reverend George Hollinshead, and Reverend Archie Ball standing on a sound truck at an American Civil Liberties Union mass meeting in celebration of a United States Supreme Cou. Credit: Library of Congress.

Archie Roosevelt photographing Quentin Roosevelt outdoors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quentin & Archie Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.

New York Journal's colored comic supplement "In gay New York" by Archie Gunn and R.K. Munkittrick--"McFadden's row of flats" by E.W. Townsend ... / Archie Gunn ; R.F. Outcault. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Great Sunday Journal--Out next Sunday August 23d / Archie Gunn. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: ARCHIE

AuthorQuotation

Theodore Roosevelt

In all his sickness Archie remembered that to-day was Mademoiselle's birthday, and sent her his love and congratulationswhich promptly reduced good Mademoiselle to tears.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: ARCHIE

"ARCHIE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ARCHIE" is used about 270 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%27017,892

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: ARCHIE

The following table summarizes the usage of "ARCHIE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ArchieFirst name Male33,000362
ArchieLast name3,0004,319
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: ARCHIE

"ARCHIE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be genuine", "to be bold".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "ARCHIE."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
ArchibaldMaleEnglishN/A
ArchieMaleEnglishArchibald
ArchibaldMaleScottishN/A
ArchieMaleScottishArchibald
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: ARCHIE


1. Archie, MO (city, FIPS 1702)
Location: 38.48285 N, 94.34904 W
Population (1990): 799 (347 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 64725
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ARCHIE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

archie comic

901

archie comic porn

17

archie

301

archie campbell

17

archie bunker

81

archie and veronica

16

archie eversole

66

archie cartoon

16

archie mcphee

57

archie bell the drells

15

archie kao

50

archie shepp

15

archie moore

35

archie comic nude

15

archie comics.com

31

archie hentai

15

archie v8

26

archie mcphees

14

archie cochrane ford

25

adult archie comic

14

archie griffin

23

archie roach

13

archie comic book

22

archie sex

13

archie missouri

22

archie nude

12

archie manning

21

archie eversole lyrics

11

archie mcfee

21

archie bell

11

archie bunker place

20

archie jughead

10

archie porn

19

archie toons

8

archie panjabi

18

archie baldocchi

8

archie comic sex

18

archie comic xxx

8

archie andrew

17

archie com comic

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ARCHIE

Language Translations for "ARCHIE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

archie. (various references)

   

French

  

archie, base de données archie. (various references)

   

German

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cannone antiaereo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

archieay

   

Portuguese

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

of Archibald Арчи. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Archie. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Uçaksavar Topu (ack-ack, Archibald). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ARCHIE

Derivations

Words beginning with "ARCHIE": archiepiscopal, archiepiscopally, archiepiscopate, archiepiscopates. (additional references)

Words containing "ARCHIE": anarchies, autarchies, diarchies, dyarchies, endarchies, eparchies, exarchies, gynarchies, heptarchies, hexarchies, hierarchies, matriarchies, monarchies, nomarchies, octarchies, oligarchies, patriarchies, pentarchies, squirarchies, squirearchies, starchier, starchiest, tetrarchies, thearchies, triarchies, trierarchies. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ARCHIE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achim, A'chir, Akcije, archi, archia, Archias, Archief, Archil, Archlin, Archtec, Arichis, Arkhi, Artchil, Arthie, Auchin, Ayclife, Dafriche, Erchia, Erchie, Iwrachia, Marecchia, Rachi, Rachmil, Rakhim. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ARCHIE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: achier, cahier.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-r"

-1 letter: areic, ceria, chair, chare, erica, reach.

-2 letters: ache, acre, arch, care, char, chia, cire, each, hair, hare, hear, heir, hire, race, rhea, rice, rich.

-3 letters: ace, air, arc, are, car, chi, ear, era, hae, her, hic, hie, ice, ich, ire, rah, rec, rei, ria.

-4 letters: ae, ah, ai, ar, eh, er, ha, he, hi.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-r"
 

+1 letter: archine, archive, cahiers, cashier, chaired, charier, charlie, chimera, theriac.

 

+2 letters: achiever, aetheric, aircheck, archaise, archaize, archines, archived, archives, aspheric, beachier, bedchair, camphire, cashiers, catchier, chaffier, chairmen, chalkier, chancier, chapiter, chariest, charlies, charrier, chattier, chedarim, chicaner, chimaera, chimeras, chivaree, eucharis, hacklier, heraldic, heroical, hetaeric, hierarch, hieratic, hijacker, inarched, inarches, leachier, marchesi, parchesi, parhelic, patchier, peachier, phreatic, poachier, rachides, rachises, reaching, rhematic, seraphic, theatric, theriaca, theriacs, tracheid, whackier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Cities
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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