Meaning of Reid | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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.””

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