Tilden

American  

[til-duhn] / ˈtɪl dən /

noun

1. Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.

2. William Tatem, Jr. 1893–1953, U.S. tennis player.

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Tilden British  

/ ˈtɪldən /

noun

1. Bill, full name William Tatem Tilden, known as Big Bill. 1893–1953, US tennis player: won the US singles championship (1920–25, 1929) and the British singles championship (1920–21, 1930)

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Anuska Tilden, 67, was working on a jigsaw puzzle one recent morning at the local senior center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Two of the Green candidates who had to quit - James Tilden in Hackney Central ward and Muhammad Naser in Camden's Regent's Park ward - are teachers and therefore ineligible.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

That’s according to Vanessa Royle and Mariah Hilton Wood, co-founders of Tilden, a social, non-alcoholic beverage company.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

With 14 Grand Slam titles, Sampras holds the record for having won the most of such titles of any U.S. men’s player — nabbing four more than the late Bill Tilden, who holds second place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

It had blazed when he’d first seen Leo Tilden, but it was gone now.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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