Edgar

[ ed-ger ]

/ ˈɛd gər /

noun

an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.

Origin of Edgar

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

Definition for edgar (2 of 2)

Edgar²

[ ed-ger ]

/ ˈɛd gər /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for edgar

Meanwhile, Edgar had returned to Cuba after that 2001 tour and continued to make music.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seventeen-year-old Edgar Gonzalez formed one half of the group Doble Filo.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cuban hip-hop has evolved as well, both Edgar and Julio talk about the band Los Aldeanos as the new generation of Cuban hip-hop.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Edgar was invited to study at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at NYU in New York City.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Like Edgar, he remembers a unique time when American rappers came down and performed at the Primer Festival de Rap Cubano.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was about three months after his return that Edgar had an opportunity of finding the advantage of his skill in boxing.
At Aboukir and Acre|George Alfred Henty
Then Dollops went on his own tack, leaving Sir Edgar to enjoy his own bitter reflections as best he might.
The Riddle of the Purple Emperor|Mary E. Hanshew and Thomas W. Hanshew
The father goes away, Edgar enters and Edmund persuades him that his father for some reason desires to kill him.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy
At the foot of the steps Edgar Poe paused and looked back at the massive closed door.
The Dreamer|Mary Newton Stanard
Although Edgar was a profligate, he was a sensible man, and my story made him furious.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for edgar

Edgar

/ (ˈɛdɡə) /

noun

944–975 ad, king of Mercia and Northumbria (957–975) and of England (959–975)

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

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

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