Meader

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mower. UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    Meadow. obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 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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