Silas [sahy-luh s] Examples noun
- a male given name.
Examples from the Web for silas Contemporary Examples of silas
Silas then locked a befuddled Stefan in the safe meant for himself and dropped it into the river.
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Chancellor Agard
October 3, 2013
Silas Deane is a Connecticut merchant and congressional delegate.
The Daily Beast
November 2, 2009
Historical Examples of silas
It won’t only be an honor to us, but it’ll be an honor to Uncle Silas because it was us that done it.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Says your uncle Silas is like a changed man, on account of all this quarreling.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
His thoughts reverted to Silas Malling, and here they paused.
Ridgwell Cullum
One of the most enthralling stories Mr. Silas Hocking has ever written.
William Le Queux
Silas never understood her gravity for that of discontent and envy.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864
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Word Origin and History for silas Silas
masc. proper name, from Late Latin, from Greek Silas, contraction of Silouanos, transliteration of Latin Silvanus, a name that literally means “living in the woods,” from silva “wood” (see sylvan).