masc. proper name, from Old Irish Patraicc (Irish Padraig), from Latin Patricius, literally "a patrician" (see patrician). As a given name, chiefly in northern England and Scotland, in Ireland only a popular name after 1600, due probably to the Scots settlers in Ulster. [Reaney]
例文
1. This put me in mind of some-thing Patrick said many years ago.
これは私に数年前にパトリックが言ったことを思い出させます。
2. Patrick often plays up when he knows I 'm in a hurry.
パトリックは私が忙しくていたずらをしていることをよく知っている。
3.For some inexplicable reason she was attracted to Patrick .
説明できない理由でパトリックに惹かれた。
4. Patrick Devlin was an outstanding judge and brilliant jurist.
パトリック?テフリンは優れた裁判官であり、優れた法律家である。
5.She felt that what she had done was a betrayal of Patrick .