Fred

fred frêd FRED English Pronunciation frĕd, en /fɹɛd/ en En-au-Fred.ogg AU en ɛd 1 Proper noun s A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name. en 1892 Robert Grant The Reflections of a Married Man 98–99 Scribner When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass en 2002 Fred Hill You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill iUniverse 0595256848 59 I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me Fred. I'm sorry in case other Freds read this, but Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke. en Portlandia Bomb (magazine) BOMB https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2011/01/25/portlandia/ 2011-01-25 Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30. https://web.archive.org/web/20251206235453/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2011/01/25/portlandia/ 6 December 2025 en military slang The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport aircraft widely used by USAF aircrews. Derived terms en Freddie Freddish Freddy Noun en cycling slang derogatory A novice cyclist. en 2001 Andrew Albright World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? rec.bicycles.racing Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck). en 2014 Tim Lewis Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team They called them 'Freds, a pejorative term that implied they were middle-aged and dowdy, and sniped that their only talent was staying awake for long periods. After it had been running for a couple of years, one of Jock's friends challenged him to put the Freds in their place. Jock, his competitive spirit pricked, agreed. Anagrams en defr ferd en diminutives of male given names en People Dutch Proper noun m nl male Alfred,Frederik,Wilfred Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no male from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English Swedish Proper noun c sv male from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English Anagrams sv defr dref Category:Dutch diminutives of male given names