Noun benedict has 3 senses
  1. Benedict, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton - United States anthropologist (1887-1948)
    --1 is a kind of anthropologist
  2. Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict - Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
    --2 is a kind of monk, monastic; saint
  3. benedick, benedict - a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
    --3 is a kind of husband, hubby, married man
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