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Bennet

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name, a less common spelling of Bennett.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.

    "- - - the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, may put you in mind; one, two, three."

  3. 3
    A city in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Wood avens or herb bennet, a common yellow-flowered plant of Europe (Geum urbanum).
  2. 2
    North American white-flowered avens wordnet
  3. 3
    poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) or water hemlock (Cicuta spp.) plants.
  4. 4
    avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers wordnet
  5. 5
    Valerian, especially of species Valeriana officinalis.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *benet (found in Middle English herbe-benet (“hemlock”, literally “blessed plant”)), from Old French benëit, benoit and Latin (herba) benedicta. Doublet of benedict.

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