Edmond

[ ed-muhnd ]

/ ˈɛd mənd /

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noun

a town in central Oklahoma.

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

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How to use Edmond in a sentence

Edmond, who testified via video link on Wednesday, was the 22nd person to take the stand the prosecution in Kelly’s trial.
Inside R. Kelly’s Secret Marriage to 15-Year-Old Aaliyah|Pilar Melendez|September 1, 2021|The Daily Beast
On Wednesday, Edmond said that he was contacted to perform the marriage “not too long” after he got ordained.
Inside R. Kelly’s Secret Marriage to 15-Year-Old Aaliyah|Pilar Melendez|September 1, 2021|The Daily Beast
Edmond led the newsroom and editorial page, while Armistead concentrated on printing and technical issues.
Edmond Freeman, newspaper publisher who shook up 1960s Arkansas, dies at 94|Tom Hamburger|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
Edmond began the inventory of looted objects after the liberation and before Paul returned to France.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole|Anne Sinclair|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Ned—or Edmond—mechanically fastened another button of his shirt and did not reply.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It was many hours later that Octavie drew the locket from her bosom and looked at Edmond with a questioning appeal in her glance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The result was the state of things described with only pardonable exaggeration in Edmond About's amusing Roi de la montagne.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Rightly has Edmond de Goncourt called him a lyric poet, the great poet of the eighteenth century.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
The sale of Edmond Malones library at Sothebys in 1818 occupied eight days, and brought 1649.
Prices of Books|Henry B. Wheatley