garland means A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
garland is pronounced /ˈɡɑː.lənd/.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.“U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule c”
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:; A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:; An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:; A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
noun
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.“Bestow a Garland only on a Bier”
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- The crown of a monarch.“[She] ioyfully receyued and welcommed mee, as the onely type and garland of her noble ſtirpe and linage, […]”
- A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.“They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.”
- The top; the thing most prized.“And call him noble that was now your hate, / Him vile that was your garland.”
verb
- To deck or ornament something with a garland.“Anand disembarks like a statesman from the Volkswagen to be garlanded immediately by five different women.”
- To form something into a garland.