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(‘blaise’ is a personal name (from greek Βλάσιος, the name of ‘saint blaise’ + surname)
(the meaning of greek blasios is unclear)
(it may have been a by-name of the saint, derived from latin blaesus “lisp”, thus “the lisper”)
(alternatively, it may just be a corruption of the name ‘basilius’)
(greek basíleios “royal / kingly”)
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