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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bennet, white avens, Geum virginianumnoun

    avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers

  2. bennet, white avens, Geum canadensenoun

    North American white-flowered avens

Wiktionary

  1. Bennetnoun

    A surname, a less common spelling of Bennett.

  2. Bennetnoun

    A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.

  3. Etymology: From Benedict. Cf. French Benoît, Norman Beneît.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bennetnoun

    An herb; the same with avens , which see.

ChatGPT

  1. bennet

    Bennet refers to two different things depending on the context: 1) In botany or horticulture, it refers to any flowering plant of the genus Geum, especially the perennial plant Geum urbanum, that has yellow flowers and is native to Europe and West Asia. 2) If capitalized, it's often used as a surname. For example, Elizabeth Bennet is a principal character in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Bennett is a common spelling variant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bennetadjective

    the common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc

Wikidata

  1. Bennet

    Bennet is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 719 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bennet

    ben′et, n. the herb Bennet or common avens (Geum urbanum), a yellow-flowered wayside plant throughout Europe. [Through Fr. from L. 'herba benedicta,' the flower being a protective against the devil.]

  2. Bennet

    ben′et, n. the same as Bent, indeed an earlier form.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BENNET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bennet is ranked #9237 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bennet surname appeared 3,523 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bennet.

    71.7% or 2,527 total occurrences were White.
    19.9% or 702 total occurrences were Black.
    3.6% or 127 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 69 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 63 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.9% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BENNET in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BENNET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of BENNET in a Sentence

  1. Lily James:

    The Bennet sisters were like Spice Girls with swords. We were so kick ass, the women pull the shots in this movie. It's all about girl power and it was really fun.

  2. Anthony Anzaldo:

    Dr. [Bennet Ifeakandu] Omalu has her brain.

  3. Michael Bennet:

    Hi, I'm Michael Bennet.

  4. Fred McNeill:

    It was more for Bennet Omalu safety.

  5. Will Smith:

    When I sat down to meet with Bennet, I was like, 'please say something to make me not take this movie, please,' and then I was just so compelled by the story and the fact that I didn't know, i had watched my son play football for four years, and I didn't know. And just as a parent, I felt like I had to be a part of this.

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