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.
Meanings
(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. ▸ One who wears that hairstyle.
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.
Meanings
A male given name from Old English.
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. 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:
What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar? 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]:
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 number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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