Dickon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkən/

Proper noun

Dickon

1. (dated) A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold,
     For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.

   • 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden:

     Dickon stood rubbing his rusty-red head with a rather puzzled look. "It's a secret garden sure enough," he said, "but seems like some one besides th' robin must have been in it since it was shut up ten year' ago."

2. A male given name.