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
Maria	[mə'ri:ə]
Thurstan	THUR-stən	English (Rare)
Mildred	['mildrid]
Hedviga	-	Slovak
Hartmann	HAHRT-mahn	German
Ezekiel	i-ZEE-kee-əl (English), i-ZEE-kyəl (English)	Biblical, English