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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. Ernestnoun

   see Earnest

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Anagrams for Ernest »

1. enters, Enters, entres, nester, renest, resent, tenser

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. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

2. Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre.Theriot:

   Tanner Ernest don't know what kind of resources he has or how far he can run. But Tanner Ernest don't think he has great means and a lot of resources.

3. Greg Burke:

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

4. 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.

5. Earnest Hemingway:

   I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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