Reid

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See also: reid, reið, reíd, réid, and řɛid

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Reid (countable and uncountable, plural Reids)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    • 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN‎:
      The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”
    1. A Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”).
    2. An English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed.
    3. A surname from Irish
      1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”).
      2. A surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig).
      3. A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
  2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
    1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
    2. A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
    4. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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References

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

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