| Earl |
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proper noun
- (context, mostly, U.S.) (given name, male) from the English noun earl
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| ED |
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initialism - Erectile dysfunction
- Emergency Department
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| EDA |
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initialism - Electronic Debit Account
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| Eddy |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), diminutive of Edward.
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| Edith |
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proper noun
- (given name, female)
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| Edna |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) from the apocryphal Book of Tobit
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| Edward |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
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| Edwin |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
- w:Edwin of Northumbria, Edwin of Northumbria.
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| Edwina |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), feminine form of Edwin.
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| Effie |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), a pet form of Euphemia, popular in the nineteenth century
- Female given name in a book by w:Joanne Harris.
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| Eileen |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, , )
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| Eleanor |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
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| Elias |
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proper noun
- A male given name
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| Elijah |
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proper noun - (given name, male, from Hebrew, )
- An Israelite prophet from the Old Testament
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| Elise |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), borrowed from a French (í�lise) or German diminutive of Elisabeth.
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| Eliza |
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proper noun - (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) popular in the nineteenth century.
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| Elizabeth |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, )
- (context, Biblical character) The mother of John the Baptist.
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| Ellen |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) of Greek origin.
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| Elliott |
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proper noun
- A surname.
- (given name, male) today representing transferred use of the surname.
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| Elmer |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
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| Elsie |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), pet form of Elizabeth.
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| Elton |
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proper noun
- A male given name
- A surname
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| Elvis |
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proper noun
- a male given name, possibly derived from the surname Elwes
- w:Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley, a popular American rock and roll singer (1935-1977)
- An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
- (plural Elvises or (jocular) Elvii)
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| Emanuel |
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proper noun
- Scandinavian form of the male given name Emmanuel
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| emery |
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noun
- (mineral) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
- 1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry
- :It took me from nine to ten days to grind and polish it ready for parabolising and silvering. I did this by hand labour with the aid of , but without a lathe. I finally used rouge instead of in grinding down the glass, until I could see my face in the mirror quite plain.
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| Emma |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) used in England since the Norman Conquest. It became fashionable in the nineteenth century, and is back in favor today.
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| emmet |
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noun
- (archaic) An ant
- 1789: Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed / That an lost its way / Where on grass methought I lay. - William Blake, Songs of Innocence
- 1993: We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies. " Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
- (Cornish dialect) A tourist
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| Ephraim |
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proper noun
- (Old Testament) younger son of Joseph, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel
- a male given name
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| Erasmus |
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proper noun
- w:Desiderius Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch humanist and theologian
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| Eric |
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proper noun
- (given name, male)
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| Erica |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), feminine form of Eric; also associated with the flower genus.
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| Erik |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), a spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from the Scandinavian form of the name.
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| Erika |
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proper noun
- (given name, female)
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| Erin |
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proper noun
- (poetic) Ireland; anglicisation of w:Irish language, Irish í�ireann
- (given name, female)
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| Ernest |
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proper noun
- (given name, male) popular in the 19th century.
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| Errol |
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proper noun
- (given name, male).
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| Estelle |
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proper noun
- (given name, female)
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| Ethan |
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proper noun
- (given name, male).
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| Ethel |
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proper noun
- (given name, female, )
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| Eugene |
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proper noun - (given name, male, , )
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| Eunice |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
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| Eustace |
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proper noun
- A male given name of Greek origin
- St Eustace, an early Christian martyr
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| EVA |
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initialism
- extravehicular activity
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| Evan |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, , ), a Welsh form of John
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| Eve |
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proper noun
- According to the Bible and Qur'an, the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, ).
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| Evelyn |
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proper noun
- (given name, female).
- A surname derived from the female given name.
- (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
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| Everest |
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proper noun
- Mount Everest
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| Everett |
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proper noun
- An English surname derived from an Old English personal name Everard, eofor "boar" + heard "hardy, brave,strong".
- (given name, male, , ) transferred from the surname
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| Ezekiel |
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proper noun
- A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
- (given name, male, ) A male first name.
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