Meaning

noun United States anthropologist (1887-1948)

noun Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

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

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

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