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Wiktionary

  1. mignonnoun

    One of the court favourites of Henry III.

  2. mignonnoun

    A cute person; a pretty child.

  3. mignonadjective

    Cute, delicate.

  4. mignonadjective

    small, dainty

  5. Etymology: From mignon, from mignon, from mignot, from *, from minþijō, from men-. Cognate with minnja, minnea. More at mind. Compare also minion.

Wikipedia

  1. Mignon

    Mignon is an 1866 opéra comique (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's "The Dead" (Dubliners) and Willa Cather's The Professor's House. Thomas's goddaughter Mignon Nevada was named after the main character.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mignonadjective

    see 3d Minion

  2. Mignonverb

    to flatter

  3. Etymology: [F.]

Wikidata

  1. Mignon

    Mignon is an opéra comique in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's "The Dead" and Willa Cather's The Professor's House. Thomas's goddaughter Mignon Nevada was named after the main character.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Mignon

    an impassioned Italian child, a creation of Goethe's in his "Wilhelm Meister," of mysterious origin and history; represented as a compact of vague aspirations and longings under which, as never fulfilled, she at length pines away and dies.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. mignon

    (Fr.). Picked soldier, now called élite.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MIGNON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mignon is ranked #79338 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mignon surname appeared 240 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mignon.

    68.7% or 165 total occurrences were White.
    14.1% or 34 total occurrences were Black.
    10% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.5% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mignon in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mignon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Mignon in a Sentence

  1. David Fitzpatrick:

    He can have a filet mignon and I'll have champagne.

  2. Josh Pikoff:

    >( CNN) The lights were on and tables set at Frog The Bull on Friday, as the restaurant in Austin, Texas, welcomed back customers to its dining areaIt was already an unforgettable day for owner David Fernandez, who for weeks had looked forward to reopening after the coronavirus stay-at-home order was lifted. But one customer's welcome back gift made the restaurant's return even more special for David Fernandez and his employees. A man and his family, who had visited the restaurant before, on Friday ordered a filet mignon, scallops, grilled steak and other items. The check came out to a hefty $ 337. But then the customer asked his server to double charge him. The server, 18-year-old Josh Pikoff, had never received such a request, so Josh Pikoff brought out David Fernandez to help. Read More david Fernandez said,' yes. ' But after the customer received his updated check with the double charge, he then added a $ 300 tip for Josh Pikoff and another $ 1,000.

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