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Selden

American  
[sel-duhn] / ˈsɛl dən /

noun

  1. George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.

  2. John, 1584–1654, English historian, Orientalist, and politician.

  3. a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.


Selden British  
/ ˈsɛldən /

noun

  1. John. 1584–1654, English antiquary and politician. As a member of Parliament, he was twice imprisoned for opposing the king

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If she could accept reduced circumstances, she would marry for love and choose the intelligent young lawyer, Lawrence Selden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Benjamin Royer is an Angeleno who will graduate in May with a master’s degree in specialized journalism from USC, where he received the Selden Ring Investigative Journalism Fellowship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

"Douglassarachne acanthopoda comes from the famous Mazon Creek locality in Illinois and is about 308 million years old," said lead author Selden.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

Seattle Times research analyst Nadine Selden gathered 2022 data from the market research firm Nielsen Scarborough:

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

I was sitting in Prof Nemurs office when Dr Strauss and Burt Selden came in.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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