Trey
Meanings
name
- A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
- A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.
noun
- A playing card or die with the rank of three.
- A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
- A three-pointer.
- A three penny coin; a thrippence.
- The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
- The third branch of a deer's antler.
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Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
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