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Bald·win (bôld′win′)

noun

  1. Etymology: ME < OFr Baldewin, Baudoïn < MHG Baldewin, lit., bold friend < OHG bald (akin to OE beald, bold) + wini, friend

    a masculine name
  2. ☆

    Etymology: after Col. Loammi Baldwin (1740-1807), Mass. apple grower

    a moderately tangy, red winter apple
Baldwin2 definition

Bald·win (bôld′win′)

  1. 1058?-1118; crusader & king of Jerusalem (1100-18)
  2. Baldwin, James (Arthur) 1924-87; U.S. novelist & essayist
  3. Baldwin, James Mark 1861-1934; U.S. psychologist & philosopher
  4. Baldwin, Stanley 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1867-1947; Brit. statesman: prime minister (1923-24; 1924-29; 1935-37)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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