(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes simply the Medes as descended from Japheth.
·noun ·see lst & 2d Mead, and Meed. II. Mede ·noun A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In the parishes of St. James Garlickhithe and St. Michael Paternoster Royal. Earliest mention: 1317...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.