Meaning of Edgar | Babel Free

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1. Acronym of Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, a system that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A male given name from Old English.
3. An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
   informal
4. A surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
   derogatory, slang, sometimes
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
8. One who wears that hairstyle.
   broadly, derogatory, slang, sometimes
9. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
10. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
11. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
12. A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

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Examples

“What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?”

“My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.”

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