From en.wiktionary.org:
[blank]
** English
*** Etymology
- As a [en] and [en] surname, from the adjective [de] . - As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of [en] , [en] .
*** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. [en] . 2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1987 | title=Latin American Research Review | page=238 |passage=The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David BLANK's _Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic_, a modified version of BLANK's early theses.}}
1. [en] [Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.] 2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1922 | title=The Saturday Review | volume=133 | page=359 |passage=Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the BLANK divorce case.}}
**** Related terms
- Blankshire [en]