frederick
/ˈfɹɛd(ə)ɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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A surname.
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A town in Weld County, Colorado.
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A tiny city in Rice County, Kansas.
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A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
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An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio, United States.
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A city, the county seat of Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Have you not heard speak of Mariana, the sister of Frederick, the great soldier who miscarried at sea?"
- "When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -"
Etymology
From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.