Associations to the word «Eugene»

Wiktionary

EUGENE, proper noun. A male given name
EUGENE, proper noun. A town in Oregon

Dictionary definition

EUGENE, noun. Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736).
EUGENE, noun. A city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats