Ethelbert

American  

[eth-uhl-burt] / ˈɛθ əlˌbɜrt /

noun

1. a.d. 552?–616, king of Kent 560–616.

2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “bright.”

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Ethelbert British  

/ ˈæθəlˌbɜːt, ˈɛθəlˌbɜːt /

noun

1. Saint. ?552–616 _ad , king of Kent (560–616): converted to Christianity by St Augustine; issued the earliest known code of English laws. Feast day: Feb 24 or 25

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Example Sentences

The section “We Are Lucky She Dared” includes “Some of Us Did Not Die,” a thoughtful essay by the poet E. Ethelbert Miller, a longtime friend of Jordan’s who sketches an intimate perspective.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Contemporaries noted the success of Clothilde’s persuasion in the conversion of her husband King Clovis, and Bertha, the wife of King Ethelbert of Kent, likewise encouraged her husband to convert.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Poet E. Ethelbert Miller, a veteran of the Black Power era, cited gentrification and the decrease in the District’s Black population as reasons to doubt prospects for a Black Power revival.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2021

He is the architect of the university’s soon-to-open Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, for which he will curate the inaugural exhibition with cocurator Mariane Ibrahim-Lendhart.

From Architectural Digest • Sep. 26, 2014

Ethelbert was not actually king in that region, but was recognized as "bretwalda," or over-lord, by the other rulers.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin