greene

comparative greener · superlative greenest

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of green.

plural Greenes

1. countableuncountableA surname from Middle English, a variant of Green.

   Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.

   1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242

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   Sponsored by Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and backed by House GOP leadership, the bill would require federal agencies to update all maps and documents with the name Gulf of America.

   2025 May 8, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, “House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America”, in CNN

2. A place in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Jay County, Indiana.
   2. countableuncountableA minor city in Butler County, Iowa.
   3. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
   4. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Chenango County, New York.
   5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in the town of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, named after Rhode Island-born Nathanael Greene (like many other places).
   6. countableuncountableA number of other townships in the United States, listed under Greene Township.