Edwin

American

[ed-win] / ˈɛd wɪn /

noun

Also Eadwine a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “friend.”

Edwin British

/ ˈɛdwɪn /

noun

?585–633 _ad , king of Northumbria (617–633) and overlord of all England except Kent

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The book’s ostensible subject is the 1985 trial of Louisiana’s governor, Edwin Edwards, for fraud, bribery and racketeering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen and Edwin Díaz collected the final nine outs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“They had a fine office and the largest and completest quotation board I have ever seen anywhere,” Edwin Lefèvre writes of one bucket shop in his 1923 classic, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator External link.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Three days later, Smith and Larwence matched the achievement, their 217 partnership surpassing the county's previous fourth-wicket best against the Bears - 213 by Tom Hayward and Edwin Goatley at The Oval in 1906.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Edwin mumbled a halfhearted greeting as he pulled his boat safely up on the rocks.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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