Napier

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, Scottish occupational) for someone who sold table linen, or was in charge of the linen of a great house.
  2. Proper noun.  John Napier, Scottish mathematician etc.
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
  4. Proper noun.  Any of several cities and towns, but especially Napier, New Zealand.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.