Gould

American  

[goold] / guld /

noun

1. Chester, 1900–85, U.S. cartoonist: creator of the comic strip “Dick Tracy.”

2. Glenn Herbert, 1932–82, Canadian pianist and composer.

3. Jay, 1836–92, U.S. financier.

4. Morton, 1913–1996, U.S. composer and pianist.

5. Stephen Jay, 1941–2002, U.S. paleontologist, biologist, and science writer.

---

Gould British  

/ ɡuːld /

noun

1. Benjamin Apthorp. 1824–96, US astronomer: the first to use the telegraph to determine longitudes; founded the Astronomical Journal (1849)

2. Glenn. 1932–82, Canadian pianist

---

Gould Scientific  

/ go̅o̅ld /

1. American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who with Niles Eldredge developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972. He published numerous books which popularized his sometimes controversial ideas on evolutionary theory among the general public.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Gould

In May 2026, the “Modern Family” star revealed that she now splits her time between Nashville and Los Angeles, after moving into a California rental with her former on-screen brother, Nolan Gould.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Due to Bank of America's "egregious and continued" violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, the OCC imposed its biggest civil money penalty assessed against a bank, said Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The lawsuit names the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and its head, Jonathan Gould.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In an open letter last spring, faculty from the Gould School of Law said they were “unanimously opposed” to being included in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In the early spring of 1837, Gould told Darwin that the assorted varieties of wrens, warblers, blackbirds, and “Gross-beaks” that Darwin had sent him were not assorted or various at all.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---