Edward

[ed-werd]

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.”

Edward

¹

/ 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

Edward

²

/ 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)

Example Sentences

The vessel has been sitting on the sands of King Edward's Bay, in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, since 10 September following the rescue of a sailor who said he had been at sea for 45 days.

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“Investment income continues to benefit from rising cash balances and relatively high, though declining, yields on cash and short-term securities,” Edward Jones analyst James Shanahan wrote following the report.

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“Investment income continues to benefit from rising cash balances and relatively high, though declining, yields on cash and short-term securities,” Edward Jones analyst James Shanahan wrote following the report.

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Sandringham was bought in 1862 by the then Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VII, as a private country retreat.

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From then on, he would answer to a small committee of Rogers Communications’ most senior leadership, including CEO Tony Staffieri and Edward Rogers, the executive chair of the company that bears his name.

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