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Everett

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Etymology

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From Old English Everard, a personal name from eofor (boar) + heard (hardy, brave, strong).

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Everett (countable and uncountable, plural Everetts)

  1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. (countable) A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.
    • 2000, Alice Walker, The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart, The Women's Press, →ISBN, page 98:
      She had feared it would be absent forever, until she met Everett. "Such a cheeky, English chauffeur's name," he had laughed, when they met.
  3. A placename
    1. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
    2. A city, the county seat of Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
    3. A borough of Pennsylvania, United States.

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