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

“One of the central pillars of the international order has been that the U.S. keeps the world’s sea-lanes open,” said Edward Fishman, director of the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The oil shock has been “massive” because roughly 6,000 products use crude in some fashion or another, said Edward Meir, an analyst at Marex.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Another investment strategut, Mona Mahajan of Edward Jones, agrees that oil needs to remain Wall Street’s focus.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Prosecution barrister Edward Kalber urged magistrates to send the case to crown court "to give maximum latitude for the sentencing decision".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She strained against him and shouted at Edward Ashton.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood