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