Willard
Americannoun
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Emma (Hart), 1787–1870, U.S. educator and poet.
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Frances Elizabeth Caroline, 1839–98, U.S. educator, reformer, and author.
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Jess, 1883–1968, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1915–19.
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a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “hardy” and “will.”
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Toure's kick was saved by Zambia goalkeeper Willard Mwanza after Banda had been penalised following a VAR check for catching Nene Dorgeles in the box.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
Actor Bruce Davison played Willard alongside Lanchester as his controlling mother Henreitta.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Among them is Clarence Willard, billed in a 1920s Vaudeville advertisement as “the man who grows” and “completely baffles all medical and scientific experts.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
It’s natural to view the temporary mixing of Willard R. Abbott’s earnest teachers with the scuzzy simpletons who barely run the worst bar in America as, um, entirely unnatural.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
"Well," Mr. Willard rubbed one papery lip against another.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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