English

Proper noun

Ernest

1. A male given name; popular in the 19th century.
   • 1895 Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest:

     GWENDOLEN. --, and my ideal has always been to love someone in the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.

   • 1980 P.D.James: Innocent Blood:

     "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."

Related terms

• pet form: Ernie
• female given name: Ernestine

Translations

Anagrams

• enters, Enters, entres, nester, renest, resent, tenser

French

Proper noun

Ernest

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

Anagrams

• entres, entrés
• rentes, rentés
• sterne
• ternes

Norman

Proper noun

Ernest m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

Slovak

Proper noun

Ernest m

1. A male given name.

English

Noun

ernest

1. Obsolete form of earnest.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

• enters, Enters, entres, nester, renest, resent, tenser