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Baldwin I

American  

noun

  1. 1058–1118, king of Jerusalem 1100–18: fought in the first crusade.


Baldwin I British  

noun

  1. 1058–1118, crusader and first king of Jerusalem (1100–18), who captured Acre (1104), Beirut (1109), and Sidon (1110)

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Baldwin: I certainly can understand why it read that way.

From Washington Times May 29, 2020

I feel like reading someone like Baldwin, I was like “No.”

From Slate Nov. 9, 2018

“If it had not been written by James Baldwin, I doubt that it would deserve more than a mention in a reviewers’ roundup of recent books,” Julius Lester wrote in The Times in 1977.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2018

There’s a scene in the new movie about James Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro, in which Robert Kennedy predicts, in 1968, that in 40 years there will be a black president.

From The Guardian Mar. 13, 2017

"Mr. Baldwin," I said, as I moved away, "when you see us start to return, saddle and bridle as rapidly as possible, so as to be ready for emergencies."

From Captured by the Navajos by Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert)

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