Edgar

alternative Eagar

1. A male given name from Old English.

   What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?

   c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

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   My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.

   2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
   2. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
   3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   4. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
4. A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

plural Edgars · alternative Eagar

1. informalAn Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
2. derogatoryslangsometimesA hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
   1. broadlyderogatoryslangsometimesOne who wears that hairstyle.

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, a system that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").