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Reid
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reid reið reíd réid řɛid
English
<dab>
Pronunciation
en /ɹiːd/
en iːd 1
Proper noun
~
en countable en.
en Alexandra Jaffe First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 2015-05-12 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260228000358/https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 28 February 2026
en Scottish Old English, a byname from en ang rēad red.Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
en English Old English, a variant of Reed.
en Irish
en Irish, an anglicization of ga Réid, a byname from en xno le Rede the red.
en Irish, a translation of ga Ó Maoildeirg descendant of the red chief (Mulderrig).
en Irish, an adopted anglicization of ga Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
en countable en male surnames.
A placename:
en suburb city/Canberra terr/Australian Capital Territory c/Australia ; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
en CDP co/Washington County s/Maryland c/US.
en unincorporated community co/Cabell County s/West Virginia c/US.
en electoral division city/Sydney state/New South Wales c/Australia.
Alternative forms
Scottish surname en Read Reed
given name en Reed
Derived terms
en Reids Flat Reidsville
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