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
Example Sentences
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Don’t believe the Dodgers’ public shrugs about the recent dead-arm condition of Edwin Díaz.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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
He was so despondent, his mother said, that she felt her only option was to allow them to be sent back to El Salvador, a country Edwin left when he was 5.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
“Then learn to use the other arm,” Edwin said.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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