Edwin
Americannoun
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Also Eadwine a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
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a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “friend.”
noun
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Edwin Ipape gets emotional when travelling with his Papua New Guinea team-mates to the national stadium.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Edwin Austin, of the British military police, gives a brief but fitting eulogy: “Let the worm go to the worms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Hubble who first discovered that the universe is expanding.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
They got smoked last October by the Dodgers, who won the World Series and then signed Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker and traded for Tarik Skubal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Edwin showed Cole how to install the stovepipe through the roof, and then he and Garvey prepared to leave.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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