Reed
The word "reed" has many different possible meanings in English. The primary meaning of reed is a plant with a tall strong hollow stem that grows in large groups in shallow water or on marshy ground. See reed (plant).
Reed also denotes the stem itself that is used for making the roofs of houses. See thatching.
A reed is also a thin strip of material which vibrates to make music, often made from the stem of the reed plant. See reed (music).
Reed College is located in Portland, Oregon.
Reed is the name of some places in the United States of America including
People whose surname is or was Reed include:
- Alfred Reed — American composer
- Andre Reed — American football player for the Buffalo Bills
- Carol Reed — British film director
- David P. Reed — telecommunications expert, creator of Reed's law
- Davin Reed — American botanist
- Donna Reed — American actress
- Edward Reed — Victorian era naval architect
- Fred Reed — American journalist
- Fred Reed — British poet
- Henry Reed — British poet and journalist
- Ishmael Reed — American poet, novelist and scholar
- Jack Reed — United States Senator from Rhode Island
- Jimmy Reed — American blues singer
- John Reed — American journalist
- John Reed — longtime principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- John Reed Sr., John Reed Jr. — U.S. politicians, father and son
- John F. Reed — U.S. politician, senator
- John Shedd Reed — former head of Santa Fe Industries
- John Shepard Reed — former head of Citibank and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange
- Joseph Reed — 19th century Australian architect
- Lawrence Reed — president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- Lou Reed — American singer and songwriter
- Peyton Reed — American film director
- Ralph Reed — former CEO of American Express
- Ralph E. Reed, Jr. — American political strategist and former head of the Christian Coalition
- Rex Reed — American film critic, author and actor
- Robert Reed — American actor
- Sam Reed — American politician and current Secretary of State for Washington
- Stanley Reed — U.S. Solicitor General and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Thomas Brackett Reed — U.S. politician, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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