Edwin

[ ed-win ]

noun
  1. Also Ead·wine [ed-win, ey-uhd-win-uh] /ˈɛd wɪn, ˈeɪ ədˌwɪn ə/ . a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.

  2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “friend.”

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How to use Edwin in a sentence

  • Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan has said an investigation is under way.

  • Then a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • Towards the evening of the same day, she had made herself quite sure that Edwin Clayhanger would call that night.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for Edwin

Edwin

/ (ˈɛdwɪn) /


noun
  1. ?585–633 ad, king of Northumbria (617–633) and overlord of all England except Kent

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