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Edmund

British

/ ˈɛdmənd /

noun

Saint, also called Saint Edmund Rich. 1175–1240, English churchman: archbishop of Canterbury (1234–40). Feast day: Nov 16.

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But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Edmund Moy, a former director of the Treasury Department’s U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Edmund King, president of the AA, warned the disruption could push petrol prices to levels not seen since the pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Alabama state troopers "watch and "wait as 1,500 marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a second attempt to march to Montgomery, March 9, 1965.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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