Biden

//ˈbaɪdən// name

name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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.”"

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Example

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"I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton, and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden."

Etymology

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

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