October

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.

   Holonyms: calendar year; year

2. 2
   name

   A female given name transferred from the month name.

   The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ...

3. 3
   noun

   A type of ale traditionally brewed in October.

   Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv?

4. 4
   verb

   In the early Soviet Union, to give a child a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening.

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.