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Mead

//miːd// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    A place name:; A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
  4. 4
    A place name:; In the United States:; A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.
  5. 5
    A place name:; In the United States:; A township in Merrick County, Nebraska.
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  1. 6
    A place name:; In the United States:; A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
  2. 7
    A place name:; In the United States:; A township in Belmont County, Ohio.
  3. 8
    A place name:; In the United States:; A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
  4. 9
    A place name:; In the United States:; A township in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
  5. 10
    A place name:; In the United States:; A census-designated place in Spokane County, Washington, named after George Meade.
  6. 11
    A place name:; In the United States:; A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. uncountable, usually

    ""Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting.""

  2. 2
    A meadow. poetic

    "Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass / Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:"

  3. 3
    made of fermented honey and water wordnet
  4. 4
    A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide. US, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).

Etymology 2

From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.

Etymology 3

Two main origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

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