Reid

//ɹiːd// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable

    "The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”"

  2. 2
    A surname.; A Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname.; An English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname.; A surname from Irish; A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A surname.; A surname from Irish; A surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A surname.; A surname from Irish; A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable

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philosopherthomas reid

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"He never set out to work in the computer field or in business, and he certainly had no notions of becoming massively wealthy. He’s a multi-billionaire, for the record. No, what Reid Hoffman planned on becoming was a professor of philosophy. He’s still happy to expound upon the differences between analytic philosophers and continental philosophers. He knows his empiricism from his logical positivism, and as you’ll hear, computers found a way into his philosophy."

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