Waldo Definition

wôldō, wäldō
noun
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
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pronoun

A surname derived from the given name.

Wiktionary
A male given name, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
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Other Word Forms of Waldo

Noun

Singular:
Waldo
Plural:
waldoes, waldos

Origin of Waldo

  • From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.

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  • From the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power") + þēof (“thief").

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Waldo Sentence Examples

  • Alongside Bernard may be placed the two mystics of St Victor, Hugo and Richard, and a little later Peter Waldo of Lyons, who, like Henry of Lausanne, preached a plain message to the poor and lowly.

  • This discovery did away with the ingenious attempts to account for the name of Waldenses from some other source than from the historical founder of the sect, Peter Waldo or Valdez.

  • To get rid of Waldo, whose date was known, the name Waldenses or Vallenses was derived from Vallis, because they dwelt in the valleys, or from a supposed Provençal word Vaudes, which meant a sorcerer.

  • It was at this time (1170) that a rich merchant of Lyons, Peter Waldo, sold his goods and gave them to the poor; then he went forth as a preacher of voluntary poverty.

  • Like St Francis, Waldo adopted a life of poverty that he might be free to preach, but with this difference that the Waldenses preached the doctrine of Christ while the Franciscans preached the person of Christ, Waldo reformed teaching while Francis kindled love; hence the one awakened antagonisms which the other escaped.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAL

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ODOLDO

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