benedict

[ ben-i-dikt ]
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noun
  1. a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor: From the sublime to the ridiculous—the bride in her most seductive lingerie and the benedict in a pair of ratty old boxers.

Origin of benedict

1
First recorded in 1820–25; erroneous assimilation of Benedick to a more familiar name

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Benedict
[ ben-i-dikt ]

noun
  1. Ruth (Fulton), 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.

  2. Saint, a.d. 480–c543, Italian monk: founded Benedictine order.

  1. Stanley Ros·si·ter [ros-i-ter], /ˈrɒs ɪ tər/, 1884–1936, U.S. biochemist.

  2. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”

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British Dictionary definitions for Benedict

Benedict

/ (ˈbɛnɪˌdɪkt) /


noun
  1. Saint . ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad . His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14

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