Godwin

American  

[god-win] / ˈgɒd wɪn /

noun

1. Also Godwine Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.

2. Gail, born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

3. Mary Wollstonecraft 1759–97, English writer.

4. her husband William, 1756–1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist.

5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “good friend.”

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Godwin British  

/ ˈɡɒdwɪn /

noun

1. died 1053, Earl of Wessex. He was chief adviser to Canute and Edward the Confessor. His son succeeded Edward to the throne as Harold II

2. Mary. See (Mary) Wollstonecraft

3. William. 1756–1836, British political philospher and novelist. In An Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793), he rejected government and social institutions, including marriage. His views greatly influenced English romantic writers

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Example Sentences

“I wonder whether Miss Godwin gets a full hour for lunch or only thirty minutes. Do you think we should get some food when we leave here? At a restaurant?”

From Literature

“We build the sandcastles of our loves and fancy them fortresses of granite,” Ms. Popova writes of the failing relationship between Percy Bysshe Shelley and his first wife, Harriet, whom he would soon leave for the precocious Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.

From The Wall Street Journal

William Godwin, the father of “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley, believed that all human beings are capable of seeing their way to moral decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aaron Burr, the vice president Jefferson sidelined, held up Godwin as one of his favorite authors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Skarsgård plays egocentric concert director Johannes Godwin, who has been hired to film Charli’s “Brat” show and who has some dominating ideas.

From Los Angeles Times