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Frederick

masc. proper name, from French Frédéric, from German Friedrich, from Old High German Fridurih, from Proto-Germanic *frithu-rik, literally "peace-rule," from *rik- "rule" (see Reich) + *frithu- "peace" (cognates: Old English friðu "peace, truce"), from suffixed form of PIE root *pri- "to be friendly, to love" (see free (adj.)); related to the first half of Friday and the second half of afraid, also the second element in Siegfried, Godfrey, Geoffrey. Not a common name in medieval England, found mostly in the eastern counties.

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Frederick, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 2467
Housing Units (2000): 896
Land area (2000): 8.613439 sq. miles (22.308703 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.091186 sq. miles (0.236170 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.704625 sq. miles (22.544873 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28360
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.111175 N, 104.960967 W
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Frederick, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 4637
Housing Units (2000): 2145
Land area (2000): 4.957644 sq. miles (12.840239 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010098 sq. miles (0.026154 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.967742 sq. miles (12.866393 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27800
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.390171 N, 99.016107 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73542
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Frederick, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 11
Housing Units (2000): 7
Land area (2000): 0.192667 sq. miles (0.499004 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.192667 sq. miles (0.499004 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24550
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.513108 N, 98.267756 W
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Frederick, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 255
Housing Units (2000): 140
Land area (2000): 0.364437 sq. miles (0.943888 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.364437 sq. miles (0.943888 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22860
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 45.832812 N, 98.507026 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57441
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Frederick, MD -- U.S. city in Maryland
Population (2000): 52767
Housing Units (2000): 22106
Land area (2000): 20.417161 sq. miles (52.880201 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.417161 sq. miles (52.880201 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30325
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.426294 N, 77.420403 W
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Frederick -- U.S. County in Maryland
Population (2000): 195277
Housing Units (2000): 73017
Land area (2000): 662.875088 sq. miles (1716.838523 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.460272 sq. miles (11.552052 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 667.335360 sq. miles (1728.390575 sq. km)
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.463730 N, 77.413925 W
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Frederick -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 59209
Housing Units (2000): 23319
Land area (2000): 414.626136 sq. miles (1073.876718 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.995932 sq. miles (2.579453 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 415.622068 sq. miles (1076.456171 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 39.192751 N, 78.244616 W
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Frederick (song)

"Frederick" is a rock song written by Patti Smith, and released as lead single from Patti Smith Group 1979 album Wave. The song is dedicated to Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitar player of the Detroit band MC5 and Smith's future husband.

The melody of "Frederick" is a homage to Bruce Springsteen's live arrangement of " Prove It All Night" from the then-recent Darkness Tour of 1978.

Frederick (horse)

Frederick (1826–1837) also known as "Frederic", was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1829 to August 1831 he ran five times and won once. His only win came on his racecourse debut, when he recorded an upset victory in the 1829 Derby ridden by his sixty-year-old trainer John Forth. Frederick failed to reproduce his Derby-winning form, finishing no better than third in four subsequent races.

Frederick (archbishop of Mainz)

Frederick (died October 954) was the Archbishop of Mainz from 937, following the late Hildebert, until his death. He was a son of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine.

Immediately, Frederick acted as an opponent of Otto the Great, one of the most consistent opponents he faced. In 939, he joined the rebellion of Eberhard III of Franconia, Gilbert of Lorraine, and Henry I of Bavaria. He was imprisoned in Hammelburg for a while. He plotted with Henry to assassinate Otto in Easter 941 in Quedlinburg, but they were discovered and put in captivity in Ingelheim, being released and pardoned only after doing penance at Christmas of that year.

Frederick refused to accompany Otto to Italy in 951. He participated in another rebellion with Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, luring the king to Mainz in 953. Abandoned by the Lorrainers and without Henry's support this time, the rebels were easily crushed and punished. Frederick tried to distance himself from the fighting, but died before anything could come to him.

Frederick (archbishop of Ravenna)

Frederick (died June 1004) was the Archbishop of Ravenna briefly from 1002 to 1004.

Frederick, a Saxon, first appears as a collaborator of the Emperor Otto III in 1000, when he was present at the reconsecration of Pomposa Abbey in Ravenna. In April 1001 he was appointed a presbyter and a cardinal. In June 1002 he was sent as an imperial legate to the Synod of Pöhlde to mediate between the claims of Bernard, Bishop of Hildesheim, and Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz, concerning the control of the abbey of Gandersheim. In the fall of that year he was elected Archbishop of Ravenna (before 22 November). On 27 December 1002 he was acting metropolitan at the Second Council of Todi.

In 1004 Frederick supported Henry II of Germany for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, while the magnates elected Arduin. When Henry sent Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, to Italy with a force, Tedald of Canossa and Frederick joined him with armies to secure the Po Valley for Henry. Frederick, with his army, met Henry at Brescia in April, but took no more part in military actions, as he died in June.

Frederick (given name)

Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler." It is the English form of the Germanic name Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements frid, or peace, and ric, meaning " ruler" or " power."

Frederick ranked among the top 100 names in the United States between 1880 and 1957 and has declined thereafter. It was ranked as the 536th most popular name for boys in 2009 in the United States. It ranked as the 99th most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2007. Freddie, a short form, ranked as the 60th most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2008. Short form Fred was among the most popular names for boys in Lower Saxony, Germany in 2010.

Frederica is a feminine variant of the name Frederick.

Usage examples of "frederick".

To be truthful, since Frederick was employing me more and more as a confidential messenger in various situations, I wanted to create my little personal court, the Poet, Abdul, Boron, Kyot, and Rabbi Solomon.

I never told Frederick about the alicorn, nor did I think that it had anything to do with our immense success.

CHAPTER XVIII Lord Keith--My Appointment to Meet the King in the Garden of SansSouci My Conversation with Frederick the Great--Madame Denis The Pomeranian Cadets--Lambert--I Go to Mitau My Welcome at the Court, and My Administrative Journey The fifth day after my arrival at Berlin I presented myself to the lord-marshal, who since the death of his brother had been styled Lord Keith.

When I reached Potsdam I went to see the parade at which Frederick was nearly always to be found.

Sir Frederick consents, however, to leave the castle with me the instant the ceremony is performed, and we will raise our followers and begin the fray.

The French philosopher comes before the Prussian prince at Sans Souci even in the palatial villa which expresses the wilful caprice of the great Frederick as few edifices have embodied the whims or tastes of their owners.

Count Frederick of Telramund, who has his eyes upon it, had offered his hand in marriage to Elsa, who, with her brother, Gottfried, had been left in his care on the death of their father, but had met with a refusal.

Massaba suddenly leaned forward, his eyes intent first on the gengineered German shepherd, then on Frederick and Donna Rose.

Frederick, and in a moment the three new arrivals were following Hannoken and Lois down a corridor, pulling themselves along with handholds fastened to the walls.

When Frederick left, she went to the kitchen and heated a cup of chicken soup, which she carried into the bedroom with a fake smile pasted on her face.

Frederick had wanted her to go with him to a concert and one of the housemen had suggested that they might go to a disco, but she found herself singularly lacking in enthusiasm for either suggestion.

As abruptly as Frederick had knocked over his stool, Hannoken spun on one foot, stepped to the wall, and opened his liquour cache.

She had for once a surfeit of highhoting in the pictures, the porcelains, the thrones and canopies, the tapestries, the historical associations with the margraves and their marriages, with the Great Frederick and the Great Napoleon.

Frederick decided to interpret that perilous passage as occurring in his own honor: he had the standards raised and the oriflammes, and he marched past as if he were Caesar Augustus, who had put down the barbarians.

In the two phials they showed you was fresh water, and whether Frederick drank the liquid from the phial belonging to your Jewish friend or from the one belonging to your friend called the Poet, the result would have been the same.