benedict

(benə dikt′)

noun

a recently married man, esp. one who seemed to be a confirmed bachelor

Origin: alteration of Benedick, the bachelor in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing who marries Beatrice

noun

a masculine name: var. Bennet, Bennett

Origin: LL(Ec) Benedictus, lit., blessed: see benediction

  1. Benedict, Saint ( 480?-543?); It. monk: founder of the Benedictine order: his day is July 11
  2. , Benedict XIV (born Prospero Lambertini) 1675-1758; pope (1740-58)
  3. (born Giacomo della Chiesa) 1854-1922; pope (1914-22)
  4. (born Joseph Ratzinger) 1927-; pope (2005-)
  5. Benedict, Ruth (Fulton) 1887-1948; U.S. anthropologist

See benedict in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor.

Origin:

Origin: After Benedick, a character in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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, Ruth Fulton 1887-1948.

American anthropologist noted for her study of Native American and Japanese cultures.
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