Edgar

[ed-ger]

noun

an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.

Origin of Edgar

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

Edgar

[ed-ger]

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for edgar

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples of edgar

She waved her hand to Edgar Vaughan, with a gesture of ethereal triumph.
Sylph Etherege
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Some one said of Edgar Allan Poe that he did not know enough to be a great poet.
The American Mind
Bliss Perry
Lemuel and Edgar had always had a room together, but now Bemis was to have a cot there also.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Captain Thad had had an Uncle Edgar, who had been very kind to him when a boy.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
At first he was called "Edgar" by his father and "Wilfred" by his mother.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for edgar

Edgar

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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Word Origin and History for edgar

Edgar

masc. proper name, from Old English Ead-gar, literally "prosperity-spear," from ead "prosperity" + gar (see gar).