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I have misfortune of having a last name that while not frequently used in English, has an unfortunate meaning ("cowardly"). Seeing this in the title, does "By Craven" refer to someone with that name, or to someone considered cowardly by those doing the exercise?

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/craven

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It was edited by someone called Craven, possibly a nom de plume. Still looking for more info.

Some evidence in a Gutenberg copy: 'Edited by "Craven"' (name in quotes in the original) and that name below the editor's preface. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/69080/pg69080-images.ht...

EDIT: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:John_William_Carleto...

> John William Carleton

> English writer, editor and army officer, published under the pseudonym "Craven"

Ironically, in South Africa ‘Craven Week’ is an annual week long elite school rugby tournament - and it’s the place where talent scouts go to find tomorrow’s rugby stars for club and national rugby teams. It takes a lot of talent and guts to be selected for Craven Week.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craven_Week

I think most people who hear the name, if they think anything, would just think of "wes craven"

In the UK it would be John Craven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Craven

For what it’s worth, I think yours is a dope name.

You must really hate GRRM.

Not really, as even though it's a fictional world, it harkens to a time when the word was common. Outside of fiction, I had never heard the word used until recent years, when it's become en vogue to use the term in political "discourse", a use I do despise.

Why do you think it came into the collective vocabulary recently? ASoIaF basically reintroduced it.

It does contain the word Raven which is pretty cool. C. Raven.

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