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(bôld′win′)

noun

Origin: ME < OFr Baldewin, Baudoïn < MHG Baldewin, lit., bold friend < OHG bald (akin to OE beald, bold) + wini, friend
a masculine name
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Origin: after Col. Loammi Baldwin (1740-1807), Mass. apple grower
a moderately tangy, red winter apple

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

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noun

An American variety of apple with red or yellow and red skin.

Origin:

Origin: After Loammi Baldwin (1745-1897), American engineer

, James Arthur 1924-1987.

American writer and outspoken critic of racism whose works include Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a novel, and Notes of a Native Son (1955), a collection of essays.

, Roger Nash 1884-1981.

American civil rights activist. In 1918 he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union, which he directed from 1920 to 1950.

, Stanley. First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. 1867-1947.

British prime minister (1923-1929 and 1935-1937) who responded to the General Strike of 1926 with the Trade Disputes Act of 1927, an antiunion bill, and facilitated the abdication of Edward VIII (1936).

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