"Alger" meaning in English

See Alger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Alger
  1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Alger-en-name-N-HjR3wS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Alger-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Alger County

Download JSON data for Alger meaning in English (1.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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