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Gaylord

American  
[gey-lawrd] / ˈgeɪˌlɔrd /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry pitched a complete game for his 300th victory in 1982, and he changed his jersey after every inning, creating nine authentic artifacts he could peddle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

It was set up in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, a US senator and environmentalist, and Denis Hayes, a graduate student at Harvard University.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

Everyone who gathered at the Gaylord Opryland for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings this week asked the same question over and over again: Which team is going to sign Shohei Ohtani?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023

At six-thirty on a brisk Thursday morning, the ground still frozen hard, Gaylord Stuckey walked out on the boardwalk to the largest of the pools, expecting to have the place to himself.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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