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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Edgar

masc. proper name, from Old English Ead-gar, literally "prosperity-spear," from ead "prosperity" (see Edith) + gar "spear" (see gar).

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Edgar, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 539
Housing Units (2000): 285
Land area (2000): 0.762143 sq. miles (1.973940 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.762143 sq. miles (1.973940 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14450
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.369738 N, 97.970727 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68935
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Edgar, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 1386
Housing Units (2000): 568
Land area (2000): 1.655905 sq. miles (4.288774 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.655905 sq. miles (4.288774 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22550
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.923757 N, 89.964659 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Edgar -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 19704
Housing Units (2000): 8611
Land area (2000): 623.554761 sq. miles (1614.999349 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.630167 sq. miles (1.632124 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 624.184928 sq. miles (1616.631473 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.668118 N, 87.746849 W
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Wikipedia
Edgar

Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar (composed of ead "rich, prosperous" and gar'' "spear").

Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).

Edgar (opera)

Edgar is an operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts) by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, freely based on the play in verse La Coupe et les lèvres (The Cup and the Lips) by Alfred de Musset.

The first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 21 April 1889. The opera was not a success. Puccini repeatedly revised it, before eventually giving up in frustration, declaring the work irredeemable.

Edgar (disambiguation)

Edgar is a masculine given name that may also be a family name.

Edgar or Edgars may also refer to:

Usage examples of "edgar".

He saw that Robert counted as best friends such men as Robert of Belesme, a man already famous for his bloodthirsty unscrupulousness, and Edgar the Aetheling, who had once been heir presumptive of England long before the Conquest.

Or would you rather resurrect some pathetic Saxon relic like Edgar the Aetheling for a king?

Edgar triumphant over Edmund, the evil daughters dead, and Lear and Cordelia about to be rescued, the Apollonian form of tragedy has seemed on the verge of enclosing the Dionysiac turmoil.

Tinsley and Limbaugh, the two SEAL corpsmen, along with Ron Edgars, the corpsman for the Archerfish, were standing around the table, looking at her.

I was now frequenting the athenaeum reading rooms, where the very same loquacious gentleman whom I had encountered before, the mysterious Poe enthusiast, continued his regular appearances, reading the newspapers and gushing over the inept articles appearing in print on Edgar Poe.

And on the day following that upon which Leander Babbitt enrolled to fight for Uncle Sam, Jedidah Edgar Wilfred Winslow was fortyfive years old.

She called to Edgar and Oslac, two of the drivers of the carts, who were protected with beekeeping veils and leather gloves, to help her.

Edgar and Oslac, two of the drivers of the carts, who were protected with beekeeping veils and leather gloves, to help her.

Edgar Huffman, from Trenton, New Jersey, our self-appointed dog chaplain, said a few words of prayer for Tam and the dogs that we knew would follow him, dive-bombers peeled off, one after another, and dove on their objectives.

We must assume that Edgars came to arrest George this morning and that George told Astoria to shut down the gate, probably all the local gates as well.

Edgar Hunily starts with a sleep-walker digging a grave, but is later impaired by touches of Godwinian didacticism.

Edgar threw Miss Greenaway out I would have aided her simply to annoy him, but Lord St.

Edgar Hoover shaking hands with a somewhat less grey-haired Richard Haines, and then he was being waved to his seat.

I reasoned, not as one that hopes, but rather as one that foresaw that Edgar would hinder me from shortening my days.

Nasik, Bhusaval, Jubbulpore, the names of the towns growing stranger and, thought Edgar, more melodic.