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Benedict

be·ne·dict

UK/ˈbɛnədɪkt/ US/ˈbɛnʌˌdɪkt/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States anthropologist (1887-1948)

3.

a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)

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Origin

From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin Benedictus, from benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“to bless, to speak well of”). Doublet of Bennett, Benoit, and Benito.

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