Pam
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æm
Proper noun
Pam
- A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
- (UK, historical, slang) Nickname for Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
- 2004, Matthew J. B. Campbell, Jacqueline M. Labbe, Sally Shuttleworth, Memory and Memorials, page 64:
- In October 1865, the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, died in office two days before his 81st birthday. 'Old Pam' had been a member of every government since 1807, […]
Italian
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