Edith

Or E·dithe

[ee-dith]

noun

1. a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”

Example Sentences

Père-Lachaise is also home to such notable figures as Honoré de Balzac, Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison.

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If you can get through the bramble of the author’s prose, there’s a great deal of information about the making of “Rear Window”—and even more detail about Kelly’s dresses in the film, the prices that costume designer Edith Head’s sketches of those dresses brought at a 2010 Christie’s auction, the 1956 royal wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco, and Princess Grace’s 1982 death and state funeral.

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The US's tech curbs threaten to slow China's progress, but restricting rare earths could halt entire industries, says Naoise McDonagh from Australia's Edith Cowan University.

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In July, a blue plaque was unveiled at Lanchester's childhood home in Battersea, London, that also noted her mother Edith, who was a socialist, feminist, and suffragette.

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It’s always pleasantly full, but never chaotic — a low hum of conversation, the clink of glassware, a faint echo of Edith Piaf from the speakers.

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