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固有名詞

Summer (plural Summers)

1. (countable) A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
2. (countable) A surname.
3. (archaic or poetic) Alternative letter-case form of summer.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Presumption”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 368:

     I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men ſoever, but I giue them as good and as many as they bring, except he be ſome ſervant of mine.

   • 1844, Charles Wilkes, “Jaunt into Pennsylvania”, in William James Morgan, David B. Tyler, Joye L. Leonhart, Mary F. Loughlin, editors, Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy 1798–1877, Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy/U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1978, page 570:

     Notwithstanding the tristness of the town, there are many visitors during the Summer who come for quiet and economy.

   • 1861 May 1, “Volunteer Uniforms”, in The New York Times‎, volume X, number 3000, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 September 2025, page 4, column 6:

     Light limp caps of woollen, with brood visors, or broad-brimmed (but not too broad,) felt hats; double-breasted coats, so made that they can be worn open in warm weather, and will really protect the chest in a lower temperature; trowsers of the same, and under these, light flannel shirts and drawers; such are the proper materials for a soldier’s dress, even in the Summer months.

   • 1883 November 8, “Weasel and Hare”, in South-Western Presbyterian, volume XV, number 40, New Orleans, La., page 3, column 5:

     In early Summer, several years ago, we were ornithologizing in a beautiful clump of natural wood along a steep brae face, so well sheltered from the north and east, and with so sunny and southern an aspect, that it had been known to us for years as the very paradise of all sorts of singing birds in the nesting season.

     The edition published in The Bayonne Herald and Greenville Register (14 July 1883) uses summer.

   • 1902 October 19, “A Woman’s Wanderings Through the Caucasus […]”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     As we approached Ialta, the Czar’s favorite Summer resort, which is nestled snugly in the well-wooded mountains, and has its long esplanade lined with shops, which hang out over the very blue bay, the little old Caucasan gentleman, by signs and looks of intelligence, in some way made us understand that he would like to take us ashore to see the sights.

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   • 1903, The Unitarian Register - Volume 82, page 872:

     In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.

   • 1929, The Glovers Review - Volume 29, page xiv:

     Since men are old offenders in the matter of bare-handedness let us put forth our best efforts in May to keep them gloved as far into the Summer season as possible.

   • 1950, The Rotarian, volume 77, number 5, page 12:

     Several years ago starlings took over the residential sections for their nightly roostings during the Summer months.