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Enos

American  
[ee-nuhs] / ˈi nəs /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the son of Seth.

  2. a male given name.


Enos British  
/ ˈiːnɒs /

noun

  1. Old Testament a son of Seth (Genesis 4:26; 5:6)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Vivid minor characters — there are pro turns from Shea Whigham, Laura San Giacomo and Mireille Enos — make the story live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Enos has refused access to police to some of his devices.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Enos made Celia Barbour’s recipe for spoon cookies, a variant of the lusikkaleivät I’d not yet baked from Beatrice Ojakangas’ “The Finnish Cookbook.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

But it was Himmler, Enos said, who was in charge of the ghetto.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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