Alfred
frɛd, -frɪd noun
a male given name: from the Old English words meaning “elf” and “counsel.”
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Alfred
masc. proper name, O.E. Ælfræd, lit. "elf-counsel," from ælf (see elf) + ræd "counsel."
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Alfred
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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alfred
(count of) German officer and head of the general staff who developed the plan of attack (Schlieffen Plan) that the German armies used, with significant modifications, at the outbreak of World War I.
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