Definition of Edgar

1. Noun. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975).


Definition of Edgar

1. Acronym. Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, a system that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). ¹

2. Proper noun. (Old English male given name). ¹

3. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edgar

Eddy
Eddy Merckx
Edecrin
Edeline
Eden
Edenic
Edenization
Edenize
Edenized
Edenizes
Edenizing
Edenlike
Eder-Pustow bougie
Ederle
Edessa
Edgar (current term)
Edgar Albert Guest
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Guest
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Wallace
Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
Edgard Varese
Edge Island
Ediacaran
Edinburgh
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Edington

Literary usage of Edgar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"Edgar representative. The two knights fought on foot, and, after a long and desperate conflict, Godwine brought the accuser to the ground. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"The Master of Ravenswood is named Edgar. Against the “Wolf's Crag” of the romance ... just as Edgar Ravenswood opposed its minister at his father's funeral. ..."

3. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"Chicago, 1906. etters of Edgar Allan Poe, 1845-49 [Letters of Poe to ... Also in The Unveiling of the Bust of Edgar Allan Poe in the Library of the ..."

4. The History of England by Nicolas Tindal (1757)
"Edgar was one of this number. If he had given proof of his ability ¡n ... of Edgar is chiefly remarkable for the continual peace the kingdom enjoyed ..."

5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1897)
"The Edgar County Farmers' Institute was organized in 1896. Institutes have been held in the Court House at Paris as follows: March 3 and 4. ..."

6. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Dunstan's disciplining of King Edgar ; and Carriage towards an incestuous Count. ... Edgar, hereby made sensible of his sin, with sorrow confessed it; ..."

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