Meade
[meed] /mid/
noun
1.
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
2.
James Edward, 1907–1995, British economist: Nobel prize 1977.
/miːd/
noun
1.
George Gordon. 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of the Potomac, defeating the Confederates at Gettysburg (1863)
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