Godwin
Americannoun
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Also Godwine Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.
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Gail, born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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Mary Wollstonecraft 1759–97, English writer.
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her husband William, 1756–1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist.
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a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “good friend.”
noun
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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
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Mary. See (Mary) Wollstonecraft
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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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“We didn’t stop because the AI wasn’t working,” said Orbital Chief Executive Jonathan Godwin, a former researcher at Google DeepMind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Godwin pointed to the blades in a jet turbine, each one a perfect crystal made of an advanced metal alloy that can withstand 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Ever since he was a young boy and his father relocated to the USA, Godwin Forde had dreamt of living there too.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Godwin senior worked in security, and had previously worked at Fox News and on the David Letterman show.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
A private first class named Charlotte Godwin hurried outdoors to the van and climbed inside, and took off all her clothes, and put on a surgical scrub suit, socks, sneakers, and a hair cap.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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