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Elwin

American  
[el-win] / ˈɛl wɪn /
Also Elvin

noun

  1. a male given name.


Example Sentences

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But after less than two years, only about two miles of the tunnel had been excavated, and the contractor was fired by MWD general manager Frank Elwin “F.E.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

But persuading consumers to buy only sustainable products is just half of the solution, according to Peter Elwin, the head of the food and land use program at the nonprofit Planet Tracker.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

In 2009, former Klan supporter Elwin Wilson admitted he was the man who had beaten Lewis, and apologized in person to the Congressman.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2021

"Directions to Tokenhouse's lodgings are given in Temporary Kings," Elwin Taylor, a Powell Society officer and a driving force behind the conference, told delegates.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2014

Lockhart died in 1854, and Elwin then succeeded him in the post of editor. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles