Edgar
English edit
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- (surname): Eagar
Etymology edit
From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.
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Edgar
- A male given name from Old English.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?
- 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:
- My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
- A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
- (by extension) One who wears that hairstyle
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Edgar (plural Edgars)
- (informal) An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
Further reading edit
- Edgar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Edgar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Edgar, from Old English. Also from Edgardo.
Proper noun edit
Edgar
- a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.
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Edgar m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar
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Edgar
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar
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Edgar m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar
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Edgar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Edgars or Edgar, plural Edgars)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar
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- “Edgar” in Duden online
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār. Doublet of Audgeir.
Pronunciation edit
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Edgar m (definite Edgaren)
- a male given name from English
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ed‧gar
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Edgar m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar
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