Alfred

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈælfɹəd//
//ˈælfɚd//

Alfred the Great, early king of England.

proper noun

1
Alfred the Great, early king of England.
2
A male given name from Old English.
You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life.
3
rareA surname originating as a patronymic.
4
A place in the United States: A town, the county seat of York County, Maine.
5
A place in the United States: A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
7
A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Jim Wells County, Texas.
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A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

From Middle English Alfred, from Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) + rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo and Avery. Equivalent to elf + rede. The modern pronunciation with /f/ is a spelling pronunciation; the name in Old English was pronounced with [v], as shown in its Middle English descendant Alured (in which u stands for modern v).

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Alfred · Alfred the Great, early king of England.

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