Reid

plural Reids · alternative Read · alternative Reed · alternative Reed

1. countableA surname.

   The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”

   2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN

   1. countableuncountableA Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”).
   2. countableuncountableAn English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed.
   3. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”).
   4. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig).
   5. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
   2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
   4. countableuncountableAn electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.