benedict

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
  2. noun Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
  3. noun a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)

Etymology

From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton

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