Enid
Americannoun
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a city in N Oklahoma.
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Arthurian Legend. the constant and patient wife of Sir Geraint in The Mabinogion and in Tennyson's Idylls of the King.
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a female given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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His mother, Enid, who served a term as the city's Lord Mayor, described herself as being born into the party.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Neither could Enid, a New Jersey resident who declined to give her last name.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
Enid told MarketWatch that she’s given up on taking part in the Halloween ritual as a result.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
Things ends with Enid being seemingly trapped in wolf mode and there’s Wednesday’s psychic vision of Ophelia, Morticia’s sister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
“The fire’s lit, but the cauldron’s empty,” as Ivor Dillonsby put it to me, or, in Enid Smeek’s slightly earthier phrase, “She’s nutty as squirrel poo.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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