ethel barrymore
- n United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)
ethel merman
- n United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
ethelbert
- n Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
ethiopian banana
- n large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
ethelred
- n king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
- n king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
ethelred i
- n king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)