Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Anglo-Saxon king who ruled all of Britain south of the Humber, was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine (597), and codified English law (604).

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  • proper noun A male given name revived in the 19th century.

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  • noun Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)

Etymologies

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Old English Æþelbeorht, a cognate of the more common German Albert.

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Examples

  • St. Augustine's Abbey; and near it, not many years ago, was a fine example of Saxon work, known as Ethelbert's Tower, which some of the intelligent busybodies of the time had removed with a battering-ram.

    What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

  • Men call Ethelbert a martyr now, I suppose because he was slain.

    A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford 1884

  • Nobody knows how to go out, only "Ethelbert", the guardian has the key.

    BlenderNation 2010

  • January 2004: Rehabilitation centre in Ethelbert Road, Canterbury.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • From Anselm, I was transferred first to Amber ward and then to a halfway house on Ethelbert Road.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • From Anselm, I was transferred first to Amber ward and then to a halfway house on Ethelbert Road.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • January 2004: Rehabilitation centre in Ethelbert Road, Canterbury.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • We agreed that she would go for a walk with him the following day, January 24, and talk to him about doing more to help as well as about his move to the Ethelbert Road halfway house.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • We agreed that she would go for a walk with him the following day, January 24, and talk to him about doing more to help as well as about his move to the Ethelbert Road halfway house.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

  • He was moved to the Amber ward where the doctors judged that he was ready for rehabilitation, which meant he moved to the house on Ethelbert Road in Canterbury, where the staff would help him make the transition from living in a hospital to ordinary life.

    Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

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