steele
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Steele¹
- /stiːl/
Rhymes with -iːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English stele (“steel”); either a metal worker or a person considered to be as hard as steel.
proper noun
- An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation. Terry Steele is the second of three generations of his family to have worked at Seascale Fire Station, with his father Chris serving from 1978 to 2002 and his son George joining in 2024.
- A town in St. Clair County, Alabama.
- A township in Conway County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A township in Daviess County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
- A city in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A township in Rowan County, North Carolina.
- A small city, the county seat of Kidder County, North Dakota.
- A suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
steele²
noun
- Obsolete spelling of steel Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fo
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: steel, elliott, perkins, richardson, stiffen, harden, toughen, strengthen, fortify, brace, reinforce, inure, temper, condition, resolve, arm
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