Biden

//ˈbaɪdən// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face."

  2. 2
    A surname.; Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States (2021–2025).

    "Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”"

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), a metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.

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