a masculine name: dim. Ed, Eddie, Ned, Ted, Teddy; equiv. Fr. Édouard, Ger. Eduard, It. & Sp. Eduardo, Scand. Edvard
Origin:
OE Eadweard < ead (see Edgar) + weard, guardian, protector (see ward): hence, wealthy (or fortunate) guardian
1330-76; Prince of Wales: son of Edward III: called the Black Prince
1239-1307; king of England (1272-1307): son of Henry III
1284-1327; king of England (1307-27): son of Edward I
1312-77; king of England (1327-77): son of Edward II
1442-83; king of England (1461-70; 1471-83): son of Richard, duke of York
1470-83; king of England (1483): son of Edward IV: reputed to have been murdered by order of Richard III
1537-53; king of England & Ireland (1547-53): son of Henry VIII & Jane Seymour
1841-1910; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1901-10): son of Queen Victoria
lake in EC Africa, between Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda: 830 sq mi (2,150 sq km)
See Edward in American Heritage Dictionary 4
King of the English (1042-1066) whose reign was marked by political conflict between Norman and English groups.
English soldier during the Hundred Years' War. The eldest son of Edward III, he fought at Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), where the English forces captured John II of France.
, Lake
A lake in the Great Rift Valley of central Africa on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.