quincy

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsJosiah Quincy

   BroaderAmerican Revolutionary leader

Other forms of quincy

plural

quincies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quincy

What does quincy mean?

quincy means "American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)".

How many syllables are in quincy?

quincy has 2 syllables: quin-cy. The stress falls on "quin". In IPA it is /ˈkwɪnsi/.

What is another word for quincy?

Close synonyms include Josiah Quincy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quincy a common word?

quincy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.