GADE

Etymology

Noun

gade (plural gades)

Any of various fish of the cod family found in British waters; especially those of the genera Gadus and Motella.

(UK, dialect, obsolete, Moray Firth) A pike.

Synonyms

• (pike): gead

Anagrams

• aged, agèd, egad

Proper noun

Gade (plural Gades)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gade is the 19803rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1358 individuals. Gade is most common among White (72.24%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (22.83%) individuals.

Anagrams

• aged, agèd, egad

Source: Wiktionary


Gade, n. Etym: [Cf. Cod the fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family. (b) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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