meade

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Meade^¹

/ˈmiːd/

Sounds like mead, Mead, meed

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname.

* Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).

proper noun Meades

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A river in Alaska.
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Meade County, Kansas; named for army officer George Meade.
countable, uncountable A township in Huron County, Michigan.
countable, uncountable A township in Mason County, Michigan, named after George Meade.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
countable, uncountable A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.

meade^²

noun meades

countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of mead

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: doctor, mid, waldo, hydromel, braggot, pyment, cyser, melomel, metheglin, meades, meader, meacham, meador, meachum, meeks, mease

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MLA

"meade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

meade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meade

Chicago

"meade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meade.

BibTeX

@misc{meade_2026,
  title = {meade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}