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.”
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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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Sarah Godwin has invested £15,000 in a ventilation and sprinkler system at her farm near Chippenham, Wiltshire, to help her animals cope with the "nearly continuous heatwave we are living through".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
"South Africa is a wicked country," said one of the returnees, 45-year-old Emilia Godwin, who has lived in South Africa for 11 years, cooking and selling Nigerian food.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
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 ● Feb. 9, 2026
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 ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Mr. Godwin thinks it’s best if I don’t assign papers for this story. He thinks it’s best to just move on to the next unit.”
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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