Definitions for Ernest
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1. Ernestnoun

   ; popular in the 19th century.

2. Etymology: Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from ernust "vigor, strife", only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.

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1. Ernest

   Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ernst, meaning "serious".

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1. Ernestnoun

   see Earnest

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1. ernest

   Song lyrics by ernest -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by ernest on the Lyrics.com website.

Anagrams for Ernest »

1. enters

2. Enters

3. entres

4. nester

5. renest

6. resent

7. tenser

8. streen

How to pronounce Ernest?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ernest in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ernest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Ernest in a Sentence

1. President Donald Trump:

   The captain should not have written a letter. He didn't have to be Ernest Hemingway. He made a mistake, but he had a bad day.

2. Annalisia Wilharm:

   I think they should have had more dignity and treated Ernest Quintana better than they did, no granddaughter, no family member should have to go through what I just did with him.

3. Greg Burke:

   Joaquin Navarro-Valls embodied what Ernest Hemingway defined as courage: grace under pressure.

4. The Reimage Church in Winterville:

   With heavy hearts, on behalf of the Rawls family, we regret to confirm that Ernest ‘Teen’ Rawls and Jeffrey Rawls were on board the aircraft that crashed on the afternoon of Sunday, February 13th, we do not grieve as those who do not have hope, but our trust and hope remains in God, and we look to Him as we walk through this tragic loss for the Rawls family and the other families involved.

5. Lisa Murkowski:

   We are letting Iran export its oil to markets that we prevent our own companies from accessing, any deal that lifts sanctions on Iranian oil will disadvantage American companies unless we lift the antiquated ban on our own oil exports. And Murkowski’s committee held a hearing June 9 on a bill that she and Sen. Heitkamp, North Dakota Democrat, have co-sponsored on lifting the ban. However, a top Senate staff told FoxNews.com after the Iran deal was struck Tuesday that Murkowski has no intentions of holding up a major foreign policy vote or international trade legislation over lifting the ban, likely references to the Trans-Pacific Partnershippact being debated in Congress and the upcoming votes on the Iran nuclear deal. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this spring that Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz does n’t think.

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