EDGAR

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• EDGAR (noun)
  The noun EDGAR has 1 sense:

1. the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

  Familiarity information: EDGAR used as a noun is very rare.

• EDGAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

 Context examples 

And now, what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me, and looking at my new hat?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

This was in part due to Edgar Taylor, who made the first English translation in 1823, selecting about fifty stories “with the amusement of some young friends principally in view.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She was followed by a gentleman, whom Catherine believed to be her father, and they turned up towards Edgar's Buildings.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend, and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

When she saw her, indeed, surrounded only by their immediate friends in Edgar's Buildings or Pulteney Street, her change of manners was so trifling that, had it gone no farther, it might have passed unnoticed.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But that you certainly did, for you spent the whole morning in Edgar's Buildings—it was the day your father's consent came—and I am pretty sure that you and John were alone in the parlour some time before you left the house.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Towards the end of the morning, however, Catherine, having occasion for some indispensable yard of ribbon which must be bought without a moment's delay, walked out into the town, and in Bond Street overtook the second Miss Thorpe as she was loitering towards Edgar's Buildings between two of the sweetest girls in the world, who had been her dear friends all the morning.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and, on finding whither they were going, it was decided that the gentlemen should accompany them to Edgar's Buildings, and pay their respects to Mrs. Thorpe.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Early the next day, a note from Isabella, speaking peace and tenderness in every line, and entreating the immediate presence of her friend on a matter of the utmost importance, hastened Catherine, in the happiest state of confidence and curiosity, to Edgar's Buildings.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

If there is anything I can do a little later let me know in a letter by Edgar.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)