Associations to the word «Quincy»

Wiktionary

QUINCY, proper noun. A surname​.
QUINCY, proper noun. An American male given name transferred from the surname.
QUINCY, proper noun. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. named after people with the surname.

Dictionary definition

QUINCY, noun. American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775).

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