Ethelbert

[eth-uhl-burt]

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noun

a.d. 552?–616, king of Kent 560–616.
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “bright.”

Ethelbert

/ ˈæθəlˌbɜːt, ˈɛθəlˌbɜːt /

noun

Saint. ?552–616 _ad , king of Kent (560–616): converted to Christianity by St Augustine; issued the earliest known code of English laws. Feast day: Feb 24 or 25

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Poet E. Ethelbert Miller, a veteran of the Black Power era, cited gentrification and the decrease in the District’s Black population as reasons to doubt prospects for a Black Power revival.

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With prescient passion and close attention, Ross has created, as the poet E. Ethelbert Miller describes, “a poetic biography of a movement.”

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She came to the US after her son, Ethelbert Ogu, had immigrated and moved in with his growing family.

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E. Ethelbert Miller is a local poet, a very close friend and really a mentor to me.

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Sixteen years later, Mr. Bowers sold it to Ethelbert Smith.

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