Alden
Americannoun
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John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
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a first name: from an Old English word meaning “old friend.”
Example Sentences
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"We're a couple of decades behind, but at least we're trying to do things now," said Alden Campbell, a first officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Alden noted that investors are definitely very eager for the three megacap unicorns that could go public later this year.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
Returns on Forge’s dedicated AI basket of 19 companies grew 191% in 2025, according to Alden.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
"We need to achieve the radical decarbonization of the global economy in the next two decades if we are to meet the Paris temperature goals," Alden Meyer of the think tank E3G told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
Then she ran away, and Constance, taking her capacious darning bag on her arm, went to bear Priscilla Alden company at her mending, as she often did when no work about the house detained her.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
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