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Lloyd

American  
[loid] / lɔɪd /

noun

  1. Welsh Legend. Llwyd.

  2. Harold (Clayton) 1894–1971, U.S. actor.

  3. (John) Selwyn (Brooke) 1904–78, British statesman.

  4. a male given name: from a Welsh word meaning “gray.”


Lloyd British  
/ lɔɪd /

noun

  1. Clive ( Hubert ). born 1944, West Indian (Guyanese) cricketer; played in 110 tests (1966–84), scoring 7,515 runs; captained the West Indies in 74 tests and to two World Cup wins (1975, 1979)

  2. Harold ( Clayton ). 1893–1971, US comic film actor

  3. Marie, real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. 1870–1922, English music-hall entertainer

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All-British pairing Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash were the top seeds in Melbourne, but suffered a shock defeat in the second round.

From BBC

Great Britain's men's doubles top seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool got their title bid off to a winning start with a straight-set victory.

From BBC

And my arms and legs were still aching from the heavy sugarloaf I carried all the way from Mr. Lloyd’s general store.

From Literature

As with Frank Lloyd Wright, another creative genius, some of Gehry’s buildings have encountered engineering and maintenance challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

A shadow fleet of vessels that transports this sanctioned oil has ballooned to a fifth of global deadweight tonnage, data from maritime journal Lloyd’s List shows.

From The Wall Street Journal