Wade

Definitions

1. An act of wading.
2. A topographic surname from Old English.
3. A ford; a place to cross a river.
   colloquial
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
8. A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi.
9. A town in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
10. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
11. Two townships in Illinois, in Clinton County and Jasper County.

Equivalents

Examples

“We had to be careful during our dangerous wade across the river.”

“Woad or Wade is a very rich Commodity”

“In due time, Charles' son was born and, because it was fashionable to name⟳ boys after their fathers' commanding officers, he was called Wade Hampton Hamilton.”

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