"Geary" meaning in English

See Geary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Gearys [plural]
Etymology: * As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”) * As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”) * As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{m|ga|Ó}} Ó, {{m|ga|Gadhra}} Gadhra, {{m|ga|gadhar|t=hound}} gadhar (“hound”), {{m|en|gar|t=spear}} gar (“spear”), {{der|en|enm|gery|t=unpredictable}} Middle English gery (“unpredictable”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|de|Gehring}} Gehring, {{m|de|Gehrig}} Gehrig Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Gearys}} Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Geary-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A place name:
    A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Highland, Scotland, Places in Scotland, Villages in Highland, Scotland, Villages in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Geary-en-name-9rUs5XK5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 27 28 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 24 26 24
  3. A place name:
    A rural community in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in New Brunswick, Villages in Canada, Villages in New Brunswick
    Sense id: en-Geary-en-name-aA0AAtl3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 27 28 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 24 26 24
  4. A place name:
    A ghost town in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, named after John W. Geary.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Ghost towns in Kansas, USA, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Geary County
    Sense id: en-Geary-en-name-mSoO2CYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 27 28 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 24 26 24
  5. A place name:
    A minor city in Blaine County and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Edmund Guerrier.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Oklahoma, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Geary-en-name-rwShYA2M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 27 28 26 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 24 26 24

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.