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Edgar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛdɡɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (informal) An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
  2. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
  3. (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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Edgars Number=Plur lexicographic
Eagar alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Edith · Edward · Edrick · Edwin · Edmund

Edgar en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛdɡɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. 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]:
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  7. A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Eagar alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Edgartown · Edgar County

Translations (23)

fr Edgar (male given name) · lv Edgars (male given name) · ko 에드거 (male given name) · la Edgarus (male given name) · de Edgar (male given name) · el Έντγκαρ (male given name) · ka ედგარი (male given name) · pl Edgar (male given name) · bg Е́дгар (male given name) · no Edgar (male given name) · es Edgardo (male given name) · is Edgar (male given name) · hy Էդգար (male given name) · pt Edgardo (male given name) · pt Édgar (male given name) · et Edgar (male given name) · es Édgar (male given name) · bn এডগর (male given name) · nl Edgar (male given name) · it Edgardo (male given name) · cmn 埃德加 (male given name) · sv Edgar (male given name) · pt Edgar (male given name)