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eagle

EE-guhl/ˈiːɡəl/

Pluraleagles

Verbeagles, eagling, eagled

5 meanings of eagle

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  1. 1
    bird of preynouncountable
    A large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, with a powerful hooked bill and keen vision, feeding on both live animals and carrion.

    An eagle can spot a rabbit from more than a mile away.

    Golden eagles hunt across open mountain country in pairs.

    Similarerne

  2. 2
    golf scorenouncountable
    A golf score of two strokes under par on a given hole.

    An eagle at the seventeenth pulled him level with the leader.

    Her eagle on the closing hole sealed the championship.

    UsageGolfers make or card an eagle at or on a hole: an eagle at the seventeenth.

    Note

    Golf names its good scores after birds, and this one sits in the middle of the flock. It is one stroke better than a birdie and one worse than an albatross. Because it needs two strokes fewer than par, it is made mostly on par-fours and par-fives, or by a hole in one on a par-three.

    Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 4 facts

    • Golf uses bird names for under-par scores; an eagle is one stroke better than a birdie and one worse than an albatross. blog.ncga.org
    • An eagle requires two strokes fewer than par. en.wiktionary.org
    • Eagles occur mostly on par-four and par-five holes. en.wikipedia.org
    • A hole in one on a par-three is an eagle. en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3
    finish hole (golf)verbtransitive
    To complete a golf hole in a score of two strokes under par.

    He needed to eagle the last hole to force a playoff.

    Few amateurs ever eagle a hole during competitive play.

    UsageName the hole (eagled the eighteenth) or leave it out (eagled twice in a round).

  4. 4
    gold coinnounhistoricalUScountable
    A gold coin worth ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.

    A gold eagle was worth ten silver dollars at the time.

    The merchant counted out several eagles to settle the debt.

    UsageOften called a gold eagle; sums could be counted in eagles.

    Note

    The official name of a United States gold coin struck from 1795 to 1933, it belongs to history rather than to any modern wallet. Because the name fixed the value, sums could be counted in eagles the way they are counted in dollars. Its relatives, the half eagle and the double eagle, carried five and twenty dollars.

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  1. 5
    noun
    A coin minted on the European mainland in the 13th century that passed in England for a debased sterling silver penny until outlawed in the reign of Edward I.

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Origin

From Middle English egle, borrowed via Anglo-Norman and Old French aigle from Latin aquila. It displaced the native Old English word earn ('eagle').

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts

  • English eagle comes from Middle English egle, borrowed through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Latin aquila. en.wiktionary.org
  • The borrowing displaced the native English term. en.wiktionary.org
  • The native term descended from Old English earn, meaning eagle. en.wikipedia.org