Definitions for Frederick

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Frederick Fred·er·ick

Spelling: [fred-rik, -er-ik]

IPA: /ˈfrɛd rɪk, -ər ɪk/

Frederick is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in Frederick (cdeefikrr).

Definitions for Frederick

noun

1. a city in central Maryland.
2. Also, Frederic. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “peace” and “ruler.”.
3. ("Frederick Barbarossa") 1123?–90, king of Germany 1152–90; king of Italy 1152–90: emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1152–90.
4. 1194–1250, king of Sicily 1198–1212: as Frederick II, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1215–50.
5. 1657–1713, king of Prussia 1701–13 (son of Frederick William the Great Elector).
6. Frederick I (def 2).
7. ("Frederick the Great") 1712–86, king of Prussia 1740–86 (son of Frederick William I).
8. 1415–93, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1452–93; as Frederick IV, king of Germany 1440–93.
9. ("the Wise") 1463–1525, elector of Saxony 1486–1525: protector of Martin Luther.
10. Frederick III (def 1).
11. (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.

Examples for Frederick

I wish I could rouse you, my good Frederick; you want to be roused.'

It is that phenomenon that Frederick Brown explores in his brilliant new book, The Embrace of Unreason: France, 1914-1940.

There were Frederick Douglass in Baltimore, P.S. 91 in Brooklyn, McDonough 35 in New Orleans, and so very many others.

You might be like me, my dear Frederick; you might be, if you chose!'

That woman, an island hero, Betto Douglas, may have been a relative of the famous American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.

"This assurance certainly puts me at ease at once," said Frederick.

A spasm of jealousy seized her heart—she withdrew her arm from Frederick's.

In The Embrace of Unreason, Frederick Brown weaves a warning for America from the story of the divided French.

Now, had his brother Frederick that peculiar union of qualities?

Waters was inspired by the case of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters in 1922.