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Maitland

American  
[meyt-luhnd] / ˈmeɪt lənd /

noun

  1. Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.


Maitland 1 British  
/ ˈmeɪtlənd /

noun

  1. a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: industrial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 53 470 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Maitland 2 British  
/ ˈmeɪtlənd /

noun

  1. Frederic William. 1850–1906, English legal historian

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Chuck Maitland is a 35-year-old corporate copywriter—“lead copywriter,” he clarifies—who picks up Joey Halstead shortly after dumping his fiancée.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

On Friday, Shotton Residents Association chairman Steve Maitland said the tree had been put up as a monument to the fallen soldiers of World War One.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2025

Fishel concluded, "I don't hate Maitland — not even the slightest."

From Salon Feb. 25, 2025

Anastasia McTague, 28, standing at the front desk of a dry cleaner in Maitland, Fla., said she wore hers for her co-worker, whose mother died of Covid.

From New York Times May 12, 2023

Then two weeks later the porter and conductor of the north bound local had helped her off the train at Maitland.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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