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Definitions for benet
bɪˈneɪbenet
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Princeton's WordNet
Benet, Stephen Vincent Benetnoun
United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943)
Benet, William Rose Benetnoun
United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)
Wiktionary
benetverb
To catch in a net; ensnare.
benetverb
To surround as by a net.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Benetverb
To ensnare; to surround as with toils.
Etymology: from net.
Being thus benetted round with villains,
Ere I could mark the prologue, to my bane,
They had begun the play. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
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benet
Benet is a relatively rare, mostly male, given name of unknown or diverse origin. It's a variant of the name "Benedict", which means 'blessed often' in Latin. The surname Benet is likely derived from this given name. Some notable people with this name are Benet Brandreth, an English barrister and novelist, and Stephen Vincent Benét, an American poet and author. It's also often associated with St. Benet, a famous Cathedral in Norwich, England.
Webster Dictionary
Benetverb
to catch in a net; to insnare
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Benet
be-net′, v.t. to catch in a net, to ensnare.
Benet
ben′et, n. an exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Church. [Through Fr. from L. benedict-us, blessed.]
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BENET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Benet is ranked #53072 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Benet surname appeared 390 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Benet.
61% or 238 total occurrences were White.
27.1% or 106 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
5.9% or 23 total occurrences were Black.
3.8% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of benet in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of benet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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