William
Americannoun
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Prince William Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, born 1982, heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom (son of Charles III).
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a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter W.
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a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “will” and “helmet.”
noun
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known as William the Lion. ?1143–1214, king of Scotland (1165–1214)
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Prince. born 1982, Duke of Cambridge, first son of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2011 he married Kate Middleton (born 1982); their son, Prince George, was born in 2013
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William Henry Draper III, known as Bill, was born Jan. 1, 1928, and grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
William Chapman, 24, visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday and entered the animal's pen.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He majored in history at Yale, made friends including William F. Buckley Jr., and graduated in 1950.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mudd gave Booth the names of two trustworthy local Confederate operatives, William Buttles and Captain Samuel Cox.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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