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Definition of "tam" []

  • A tam-o'-shanter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tam" in a sentence
  • "Qui tam is short for the Latin phrase "qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur", which means, "he who brings a case on behalf of our lord the King, as well as for himself.""
  • "Qui tam is short for qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, which means he “who pursues this action on our Lord the King’s behalf as well as his own.”"
  • "(Qui tam is short for the Latin phrase qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur or "he who brings the action for the king as well as for himself"."
  • "Qui tam is short for qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, which means he “who pursues this action on our Lord the King’s behalf as well as his own.”"
  • "(Qui tam is short for the Latin phrase qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur or "he who brings the action for the king as well as for himself"."
  • "Note 152: Cotton manuscript, Wolter, no. 10, p. 48: "cunctas optinet stupor in tam horribili facto." back"
  • "Et sic vere illa parva gens illis magnis innocentibus, qui pro Christo occisi sunt, comparari creditur; quia et ipsa in tam tenera etate labores inmensos et mortem famis, que crudelior est gladio, subire meruit."