Desmond

  1. Proper noun.  An Irish surname, anglicised from ''Ó Deasmhumhnaigh'' " a man from South Munster".
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, male) derived from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.
  3. Noun.  (British, rhyming) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.

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