Wilfred

Or Wil·frid

[wil-frid]

noun

1. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “will” and “peace.”

Example Sentences

"The observations we made will be used by scientists to test increasingly realistic, state-of-the-art computer simulations of physical processes close to the black hole," said Henric Krawczynski, the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor in Physics and a fellow at WashU's McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.

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Veteran forward Cedric Bakambu crossed and when Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi failed to control the ball in the six-yard box, Mechak Elia pounced to beat goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali.

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He incorporated the poetry of Wilfred Owen, which graphically depicted what Owen called the "pity" of war.

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The challenge will be to remember that the core purpose of the phenomenon we call Remembrance not to celebrate victory, or to celebrate the flag, or to take pride in what was done on the battlefields, but to acknowledge a great and overwhelming collective sorrow - and what Wilfred Owen called the "pity of war".

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The new baby joins their sons, Wilfred and Frank, and daughter Romy.

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