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Ernest

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1. Ernest(ProperNoun)

   ; popular in the 19th century.

   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(noun)

   see Earnest

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1. ernest

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Anagrams for Ernest »

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

How to pronounce Ernest?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Earnest Hemingway:

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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