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gerald

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛɹəld/

Definition of gerald

9 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    “Helen interrupted her sister, by asking her opinion of the how the name, Gerald Vernon, sounded. "Oh, charmingly!" said Charlotte, and, raising herself above her sister, and reclining her splendid head upon her arm, continued she, "Why, do you know such a one?" "I do," said Helen, "It's a pretty name, that's all," and she tried to draw her sister's attention off, […]”
    “"You're saying my father's favourite names were Gerald and Candless?" "Not likely, is it? But Gerald must have been a favourite name with Kathleen and George Candless or they wouldn't have called their son by it?"”
    “The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.”
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    “Helen interrupted her sister, by asking her opinion of the how the name, Gerald Vernon, sounded. "Oh, charmingly!" said Charlotte, and, raising herself above her sister, and reclining her splendid head upon her arm, continued she, "Why, do you know such a one?" "I do," said Helen, "It's a pretty name, that's all," and she tried to draw her sister's attention off, […]”
    “"You're saying my father's favourite names were Gerald and Candless?" "Not likely, is it? But Gerald must have been a favourite name with Kathleen and George Candless or they wouldn't have called their son by it?"”
    “The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  4. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  5. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  6. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  7. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  8. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  9. (countable, uncountable)A placename

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Etymology

From Old French, ultimately from Frankish *gaiʀ (“spear”) + *wald (“might, power”). The name was brought to England by the Normans. It survived in Ireland, and was revived in the 19th century.

Anagrams of gerald

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