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Everett

(ev′ər it, ev′rit)

noun

a masculine name

Origin: Du Evert, Everhart < OFr Everart < OHG Eburhart < ebur, wild boar + harto, strong (see hard): hence, lit., strong (as a) wild boar

Everett, Edward 1794-1865; U.S. statesman, orator, & clergyman

port in NW Wash., on Puget Sound: pop. 91,000

Origin: after Everett Colby, son of a founder

See Everett in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of eastern Massachusetts, an industrial suburb of Boston. Population: 37,000.
A city of northwest Washington on Puget Sound north of Seattle. It is a port and has lumbering, paper, and aircraft industries. Population: 98,500.

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