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Earl
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proper noun
  1. (context, mostly, U.S.) (given name, male) from the English noun earl
ED
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initialism
  1. Erectile dysfunction
    1. Emergency Department
EDA
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initialism
  1. Electronic Debit Account
Eddy
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male), diminutive of Edward.
Edith
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female)
Edna
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) from the apocryphal Book of Tobit
Edward
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Edwin
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
  2. w:Edwin of Northumbria, Edwin of Northumbria.
Edwina
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), feminine form of Edwin.
Effie
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), a pet form of Euphemia, popular in the nineteenth century
  2. Female given name in a book by w:Joanne Harris.
Eileen
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, , )
Eleanor
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female).
Elias
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proper noun
  1. A male given name
Elijah
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male, from Hebrew, )
    1. An Israelite prophet from the Old Testament
Elise
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), borrowed from a French (í‰lise) or German diminutive of Elisabeth.
Eliza
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) popular in the nineteenth century.
Elizabeth
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Hebrew, )
  2. (context, Biblical character) The mother of John the Baptist.
Ellen
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) of Greek origin.
Elliott
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proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. (given name, male) today representing transferred use of the surname.
Elmer
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Elsie
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), pet form of Elizabeth.
Elton
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proper noun
  1. A male given name
  2. A surname
Elvis
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proper noun
  1. a male given name, possibly derived from the surname Elwes
  2. w:Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley, a popular American rock and roll singer (1935-1977)
  3. An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
(plural Elvises or (jocular) Elvii)
Emanuel
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proper noun
  1. Scandinavian form of the male given name Emmanuel
emery
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noun
  1. (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.
Emma
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) used in England since the Norman Conquest. It became fashionable in the nineteenth century, and is back in favor today.
emmet
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noun
  1. (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
    1. (Cornish dialect) A tourist
Ephraim
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proper noun
  1. (Old Testament) younger son of Joseph, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel
  2. a male given name
Erasmus
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proper noun
  1. w:Desiderius Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch humanist and theologian
Eric
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Erica
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), feminine form of Eric; also associated with the flower genus.
Erik
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male), a spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from the Scandinavian form of the name.
Erika
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female)
Erin
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proper noun
  1. (poetic) Ireland; anglicisation of w:Irish language, Irish í‰ireann
  2. (given name, female)
Ernest
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male) popular in the 19th century.
Errol
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
Estelle
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female)
Ethan
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
Ethel
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, )
Eugene
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male, , )
Eunice
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female).
Eustace
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proper noun
  1. A male given name of Greek origin
  2. St Eustace, an early Christian martyr
EVA
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initialism
  1. extravehicular activity
Evan
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male, , ), a Welsh form of John
Eve
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proper noun
  1. According to the Bible and Qur'an, the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
  2. (given name, female, from Hebrew, ).
Evelyn
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female).
  2. A surname derived from the female given name.
  3. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
Everest
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proper noun
  1. Mount Everest
Everett
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proper noun
  1. An English surname derived from an Old English personal name Everard, eofor "boar" + heard "hardy, brave,strong".
  1. (given name, male, , ) transferred from the surname
Ezekiel
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proper noun
  1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
  2. (given name, male, ) A male first name.
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