Irwin

[ ur-win ]

noun

1. Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
2. his brother William Henry Will, 1873–1948, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
3. a male given name.

Irwin

/ ˈɛːwɪn /

noun

1. IrwinSteve19622006MAustralianSCIENCE: zoologistFILMS AND TV: broadcaster Steve , full name Stephen Robert Irwin , known as 'The Crocodile Hunter'. 1962–2006, Australian zoologist, environmentalist and maker of television wildlife documentaries; died following wounding by a stingray

Example Sentences

Irwin appears to have spent his career championing ideas that were simultaneously perfectly logical and extravagantly bizarre.

From The Daily Beast

Hippopotamuses eat aquatic vegetation, like water hyacinths—loads of it, Irwin learned.

From The Daily Beast

But for Irwin—and Burnham—any resistance to their idea came down to simple small-mindedness.

From The Daily Beast

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

From The Daily Beast

Some of them, like Irwin Shaw, faded early, and some, like Styron, faded in the stretch.

From The Daily Beast

They released the trembling Irwin, and Nita blushingly apologized for her extreme nervousness.

From Project Gutenberg

And then Irwin returned with the story of the tragedy of Nita's loss at sea with her maid Lizette.

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Before Father Irwin was questioned, however, there was a delightful interlude.

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"I doubt if all theologians are on your side," said Father Irwin.

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In 1767 Pearson married a sister of Eyles Irwin, the traveller and writer.

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