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Edgar

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See also: EDGAR and Édgar

English

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Etymology

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From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (rich) + gār (spear). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why is the Latino hairstyle called an "Edgar"?”)

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Proper noun

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Edgar

  1. 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.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
    2. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
    3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
    4. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  4. A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
    1. (by extension) One who wears that hairstyle

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Noun

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Edgar (plural Edgars)

  1. (informal) An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Edgar, from Old English. Also from Edgardo.

Proper noun

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Edgar

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.xɑr/, /ˈɛt.ɡɑr/
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  • Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

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Edgar m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Edgar

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

French

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Proper noun

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Edgar m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/, [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
  • Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

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Edgar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Edgars or Edgar, plural Edgars)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Declension

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References

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  • Edgar” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār. Doublet of Audgeir.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Edgar m (definite Edgaren)

  1. a male given name from English

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɾ/, /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɾ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡaχ], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡaχ], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaχ], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɻ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɻ/

  • Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

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Edgar m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar