Magnifico

created by Webster 1913
(person) by so_COM (5.3 y) (print)   (I like it!) Mon Nov 04 2002 at 21:44:18

The last name "Magnifico" was granted to the family by the king. The family was originally from Florence, Italy. After an uprising the family was exiled from Italy for 50 years.

(I know this, due extensive research, my last name is Magnifico, and I was interested in the origin of it.)

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:35

Mag*nif"i*co (?), n.; pl. Magnificoes (#). [It. See Magnific.]

1.

A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.

Shak.

2.

A rector of a German university.

 

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