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Winfred

[ win-frid ]

/ ˈwɪn frɪd /

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noun

a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “peaceful friend.”

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Words nearby Winfred

wine steward, winetaster, winetasting, winey, Winfield, Winfred, Winfrey, wing, wing and wing, Wingate, wingback

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How to use Winfred in a sentence

Winfred's French bringing up and the influence of a weakly affectionate mother have singularly warped his moral perception.
Margarita's Soul|Ingraham Lovell
You see Mother has just begun to to be nice to him, and we can't afford to lose her good-will, Winfred—we simply can't.
Margarita's Soul|Ingraham Lovell
But the knife never fell, for from the silent avenues of the dark forest came the good Saint Winfred and his people.
Good Stories For Great Holidays|Frances Jenkins Olcott
Every day they inspected the progress made in the building of the ship which was to carry Prince Winfred to their shores.
The Village of Youth|Bessie Hatton

Winfred, as became a son of the sea, was clothed in a garb of emerald tone, embroidered with shells.
The Village of Youth|Bessie Hatton