Meader
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mower. UK, dialectal
- 2 Meadow. obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English *medere, from Old English mǣþere (“a mower”), equivalent to math + -er.
Etymology 2
From mead + -er, either a topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow or an occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead.
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