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meade

/ˈmiːd/

meade is the obsolete form of mead.

Meaning of mead

Noun (1)

mead (usually uncountable, plural meads)

  1. (usually, alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
    • "Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 47
  2. (US, usually) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.

Noun (2)

mead (plural meads)

  1. (poetic) A meadow.
    • And then in haste her bow'r she leaves,
      With Thestylis to bind the sheaves;
      Or if the earlier season lead
      To the tann'd haycock in the mead.1645, John Milton, L'Allegro

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Proper noun capitalized: Meade

Meade (countable and uncountable, plural Meades)

  1. A surname.
  2. A river in Alaska.
  3. A city, the county seat of Meade County, Kansas; named for army officer George Meade.
  4. A township in Huron County, Michigan.
  5. A township in Mason County, Michigan, named after George Meade.
  6. An unincorporated community in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
  7. A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.

Forms of meade

Noun
pluralmeades
Proper noun
pluralMeades

Origin of meade

Two main origins: * A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname. * Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).

Words formed from meade

Questions about meade

What does meade mean?
Meade means a surname.
What is meade the obsolete form of?
Meade is the obsolete form of mead.
What part of speech is meade?
Meade is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce meade?
Meade is pronounced /ˈmiːd/.

Words near meade in the dictionary

  1. Mead Valley
  2. mead-bench
  3. mead-benches
  4. mead-horn
  5. meadcup
  6. meade
  7. Meade County
  8. meaded
  9. meader
  10. meaderies
  11. meaders

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