godfrey

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Definition of godfrey in English English dictionary

A patronymic surname

A male given name

given name, male

Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Saint Victor Godfrey Arthur Morton

{i} family name; town in Illinois (U.S.A)

Related Terms

Godfrey of Bouillon

born 1060 died July 18, 1100, Jerusalem Duke of Lower Lorraine (1089-1100) and a leader of the First Crusade who became the first Latin ruler in Palestine (1099). He joined the crusade in 1096 and captured Jerusalem from the Muslims in 1099; refusing the title of king, he was instead called Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. He made truces with nearby Muslim cities and fought off an Egyptian attack, but he alienated other crusaders and left the kingdom weakened

Godfrey of Saint-Victor

born 1125 died 1194, Paris French monk, philosopher, theologian, and poet. About 1160 Godfrey entered the monastery of Saint-Victor in Paris. He left after 20 years for a rural priory, where he wrote his principal work, Microcosmus, an attempt to systematize history and knowledge into a rational structure. Recalling Classical philosophy and that of the early Church Fathers, it asserts that mankind is a microcosm containing the material and spiritual elements of reality. In his other notable work, The Fount of Philosophy ( 1176), he proposed a classification of learning. His writings are considered prime examples of 12th-century humanism

Arthur Godfrey

born Aug. 31, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S. died March 16, 1983, New York U.S. radio and television entertainer. His relaxed manner and affable banter as a radio host won him such a wide following that he had two daily shows and a weekly show on CBS in the 1940s. His variety show, which transferred to television as Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and later The Arthur Godfrey Show (1948-60), launched the careers of numerous popular entertainers

Arthur Morton Godfrey

born Aug. 31, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S. died March 16, 1983, New York U.S. radio and television entertainer. His relaxed manner and affable banter as a radio host won him such a wide following that he had two daily shows and a weekly show on CBS in the 1940s. His variety show, which transferred to television as Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and later The Arthur Godfrey Show (1948-60), launched the careers of numerous popular entertainers

Hyphenation

God·frey

Turkish pronunciation

gädfri

Pronunciation

/ˈgädfrē/ /ˈɡɑːdfriː/

Etymology

[ "gäd-frE ] (biographical name.) Name of medieval French saints, of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. God (“god or good”) + fred (“peace”). There is considerable confusion with Geoffrey.