Meredith
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //məˈɹɛdɪθ//
- //ˈmɛɹədɪθ//
A male given name from Welsh.
proper noun
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A male given name from Welsh.
What was his name now? Literary sort of name - I've got it. Meredith. Meredith Blake. Don't know whether he's alive or not.
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A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.
"What did I hear you say her name was?" "Meredith. Mary and Edith. Names from both sides of the family." "Meredith," he repeated softly. "I like it."
Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
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A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Cloud County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Clare County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Belknap County, New Hampshire.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Delaware County, New York, named after Samuel Meredith.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Wake County, North Carolina, mostly occupied by portions of Raleigh.
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A town in the Shire of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia.
Etymology
From Welsh Maredudd (“great lord”).
Forms
- plural
- Merediths
Meredith · A male given name from Welsh.
merely · Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.merge · To combine into a whole.merger · One that merges.