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1. This "Friends" character's first name goes quite well with his or her monosyllabic onomatopoeic last name and comes from a person who supplied supplies to light homes or vessels, and other sundry items such as groceries etc. It is also used in recent times for someone who supplies things for ships and boats. It is more often used as a surname (last name), who is it?
2. This "Friends" character's name stems from Greek mythological origin, meaning bright, light and shining and a lunar deity.
3. This friend's name can be traced to Scandinavian origins in English and "scrapings" is one meaning. It was used very early on in English for dregs, refuse and rubbish. When the word travelled to the American colonies, it was used for the outer portion of the tree bark. This character has a profession that isn't afraid to dirty his or her hands scraping the earth's surface in the search for truth.
4. This "Friends" character's name was chosen in a supply closet just before his or her birth, as it was the name sewn on the pocket of the coveralls someone was wearing. Therefore, it is the short version of this Hebrew name. It is a part of speech in several languages in its shortened form and in Gaelic it is used for a mountain peak, in fact for the highest peak in the British Isles in the Grampian range.
5. This friend bears another famous Biblical name, or a derivative of that name, one of the twelve children of Jacob, and the bearer of a rather famous garment. However the name he or she actually goes by, is used for the young of a marsupial known for hitchhiking.
6. This character's name from "Friends" comes from "chorus" in Greek and its Latin equivalent. In English it is used for celebration in song.
7. This pivotal character central to most of the "Friends" plots bears the name meaning one, alone, solitary, a person destined to spend his or her life celibate, which is of course what she or he tries very hard to avoid! Who is it?
8. This friend's last name (surname) in its American misspelled version comes to us from old French for a blow dealt to someone, then used for some reason, perhaps guests coming to blows over a meal, for the furniture in which you store dishes, crockery and silverware and then, finally a great table at which you serve yourself as much as you like. Which character is it?
9. Where would the "Friends" story be without this character's effervescence and charm? His or her name however, is a bit more serious, coming from the Old Testament Biblical story of Jacob. Parent to two sons who bear names used in "Friends" as well. Sibling of Leah, who is this character?
10. This "Friends" character's name has a warrior like origin from Roman mythology. In fact the character's aggression is one of the subjects of a show. Who is it?
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