meade
/ˈmiːd/
meade is the obsolete form of mead.
Meaning of mead
Noun (1)
mead (usually uncountable, plural meads)
- 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
- A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
Noun (2)
mead (plural meads)
- 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
- And then in haste her bow'r she leaves,
Proper noun capitalized: Meade
Meade (countable and uncountable, plural Meades)
- A surname.
- A river in Alaska.
- A city, the county seat of Meade County, Kansas; named for army officer George Meade.
- A township in Huron County, Michigan.
- A township in Mason County, Michigan, named after George Meade.
- An unincorporated community in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
- A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
Forms of meade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | meades |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Meades |
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 * Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).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
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