Ethelbert
Americannoun
-
a.d. 552?–616, king of Kent 560–616.
-
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “bright.”
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The section “We Are Lucky She Dared” includes “Some of Us Did Not Die,” a thoughtful essay by the poet E. Ethelbert Miller, a longtime friend of Jordan’s who sketches an intimate perspective.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
Contemporaries noted the success of Clothilde’s persuasion in the conversion of her husband King Clovis, and Bertha, the wife of King Ethelbert of Kent, likewise encouraged her husband to convert.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
E. Ethelbert Miller poetry reading The poet, educator and literary activist reads his original works.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2016
He is the architect of the university’s soon-to-open Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, for which he will curate the inaugural exhibition with cocurator Mariane Ibrahim-Lendhart.
From Architectural Digest ● Sep. 26, 2014
When the man aforesaid arrived, Ethelbert bore rule over Kent, and receiving the faith, submitted to be baptized with all his house.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
