Willard
Americannoun
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Emma (Hart), 1787–1870, U.S. educator and poet.
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Frances Elizabeth Caroline, 1839–98, U.S. educator, reformer, and author.
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Jess, 1883–1968, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1915–19.
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a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “hardy” and “will.”
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This frustrated Marcus because he otherwise liked the innovative theory that had been proposed by Willard Libby, a physicist who had helped develop the atom bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Toure's kick was saved by Zambia goalkeeper Willard Mwanza after Banda had been penalised following a VAR check for catching Nene Dorgeles in the box.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
In more recent decades, the “Scream” franchise and Jordan Peele’s projects owe a considerable debt to the tone set by Willard and Leni.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
It’s natural to view the temporary mixing of Willard R. Abbott’s earnest teachers with the scuzzy simpletons who barely run the worst bar in America as, um, entirely unnatural.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
His parents named him after the doctor who attended his birth, Dr. Willard.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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