benedict

Meanings

1. A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.

1. Having mild and salubrious qualities.

1. to bless.
2. To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.

1. A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A placename:
4. A minor city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States, named after S. S. Benedict.
5. A census-designated place in Maryland, United States.
6. A village in Nebraska, United States.
7. A city and village in North Dakota, United States.

Etymology

From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).

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