Power
A surname.
Proper noun
- A surname.
- Although US officials have been sounding the alarm about the imminent risk of famine in the war-torn strip, USAID Administrator Samantha Power is the first official to publicly agree with an assessment that famine is...
Origin
* Habitational, from Old French Poer, Pohier, Middle English Poer, Pouer, Power, after the Pays de Poix (Picardy). * From Middle English povre (“poor”) as a nickname for a poor man or ironically a miser. Compare Poor.
Derived
Noun
- A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.
Origin
From power.