Reid

proper noun Reids · Read · Reed

1. countable A surname. 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.”
2. countable, uncountable A Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”).
3. countable, uncountable An English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed.
4. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”).
5. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig).
6. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
7. countable A male given name transferred from the surname.
8. countable, uncountable A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
9. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
11. countable, uncountable An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.