Edward

American  

[ed-werd] / ˈɛd wərd /

noun

1. Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall The Black Prince, 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).

2. Lake, a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 830 sq. mi. (2,150 sq. km).

3. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “guardian.”

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Edward ¹ British  

/ ˈɛdwəd /

noun

1. known as the Black Prince. 1330–76, Prince of Wales, the son of Edward III of England. He won victories over the French at Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War

2. Prince. born 1964, Earl of Wessex, third son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1999 he married Sophie Rhys-Jones (born 1965); their daughter Louise was born in 2003 and their son James in 2007

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Edward ² British  

/ ˈɛdwəd /

noun

1. Former official name: Lake Amin.  a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Judge Edward Bindloss had ruled out allowing the jury to consider several defences to criminal damage on the basis they did not apply to the women's actions.

From BBC

“In the near term, there are some inflationary impulses from the rise in oil prices over the last couple of months,” Angelo Kourkafas, senior global investment strategist at Edward Jones, said in an interview Monday.

From MarketWatch

During that time, many journalists chose to leave the CBS newsroom -- once home to famed US journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow and a long reputation for excellence in American journalism.

From Barron's

“Implications of this war could be wide because oil is a feedstock for so much of the global economy,” said Edward Fishman, director of the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, director and head of residential sales Edward Douglas-Home confirmed the castle was under offer following a successful closing date.

From BBC