dennis

noun

1. John,1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
2. a town in SE Massachusetts.
3. a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “of Dionysus.”

noun

1. C (larence) J (ames). 1876–1938, the poet of the Australian larrikin, esp in The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) and The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)

masc. proper name, from French Denis, ultimately from Latin Dionysius, name of an important 6c. Church father, from Greek Dionysos, god of wine and revelry.