edgar
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɛdɡɚ/
(US)
Definition of edgar
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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A male given name from Old English.
“What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?”
“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.”
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name
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A male given name from Old English.
“What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?”
“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 number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, a system that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
noun
- (informal)An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
- (derogatory, slang, sometimes)A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
- (broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes)A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Hairstyle named after Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez.
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