Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name.
  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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Name of medieval French saints, of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. God ("god or good") + fred ("peace"). There is considerable confusion with Geoffrey.

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Examples

  • [Illustration: GODFREY AND LUKA ESCAPING FROM THE SAMOYEDES.] "Lie flat down, Luka," Godfrey said, setting the example, "the stream will take us."

    Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Walter Paget 1867

  • GODFREY - A Godfrey woman was charged Monday with ...

    Buy Clothes 2009

  • I love that Wyck Godfrey is promising feathers in “Breaking Dawn”.

    TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR JUNE 15TH:INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, & INTERVIEWS! | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • Art Godfrey walked up, rested his arm on the counter, and asked, “Do you have some rooms ready under the name of Godfrey or the midnight shift of the Secret Service?”

    The Kennedy Detail Gerald Blaine 2010

  • As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis's laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens.

    Invasion of the Earth? Not a sheep 2008

  • As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis's laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • The normally mild-mannered McNabb got in Godfrey's face after he was driven hard into the ground, but backed away.

    USATODAY.com - Scores 2005

  • For the pearls and corals in Godfrey's little bag fetched so large a sum that he and his wife lived in comfort for the rest of their days, and were able to give their children a good education, which they could not do before.

    Folk Tales From Many Lands 1910

  • On his road to the house to pack his portmanteau Godfrey went a little way round to arrange with a blacksmith, generally known as Tom, who jobbed out a pony-trap, to drive him to the station to catch the 7.15 train.

    Love Eternal Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • As he uttered the word Godfrey felt his heart shrink.

    Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Jules Verne 1866

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