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- demote from
demote from
demote someone from something (to something)
and demote someone (from something) to somethingto lower someone's rank from one rank to another. The manager demoted Bill from cashier to clerk. The army demoted her from lieutenant to sergeant.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Prudence | | PROO-dənts (English) | English, French |
| Yoel | | yo-EL (Jewish) | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Ryan | | RIE-ən | Irish, English |
| Geiger | | ['gaigə] | |
| Pista | | - | Hungarian |
| Adonis | | ə-DAH-nəs (English), ə-DO-nəs (English) | Greek Mythology |