walking encyclopedia

A very knowledgeable person, as in Ask Rob-he's a walking encyclopedia of military history. A similar expression, a walking dictionary, was used by George Chapman in his poem "Tears of Peace" (c. 1600).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elke (1)	EL-kə (Dutch)	Dutch, German, Frisian
Tau	-	Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
Marijke	MAH-rie-kə	Dutch
Shahriyar	-	Persian
Usha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Ishmerai	-	Biblical