Edgar

¹

[ed-ger]

noun

1. an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.

Edgar

²

[ed-ger]

noun

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

Edgar

/ ˈɛdɡə /

noun

1. 944–975 _ad , king of Mercia and Northumbria (957–975) and of England (959–975)

2. ?1074–1107, king of Scotland (1097–1107), fourth son of Malcolm III. He overthrew his uncle Donald to gain the throne

3. David. born 1948, British dramatist, noted for political plays such as Destiny (1976), Maydays (1983), and Albert Speer (1999): he adapted (1980) Nicholas Nickleby and (1991) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for the RSC

Word History and Origins

Origin of Edgar¹

First recorded in 1945–50; named after Edgar Allan Poe

Example Sentences

Zambia's parliament has declared vacant the seat held by the daughter of the late ex-President Edgar Lungu, because of her continued absence in the wake of his death.

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“I think that we are finally getting realistic,” said Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics.

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Most recently they had been enjoying a poem called “The Raven,” by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe.

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On it were red crosses that showed what the chart makers believed were the locations of the sunken Edgar, Royal George, and Mary Rose.

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Jeffreys-Jones recalled J. Edgar Hoover’s assistant, Helen Gandy, spending weeks at his home destroying the famed FBI director’s personal file on the dirty secrets of America’s rich and powerful.

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