Winthrop

[ win-thruh p ]

/ ˈwɪn θrəp /

noun

John,1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.

his sonJohn,1606–76, English colonist in America: colonial governor of Connecticut 1657, 1659–76.

John or Fitz-John

[fits-jon] /ˈfɪtsˈdʒɒn/, 1638–1707, American soldier and statesman: colonial governor of Connecticut 1698–1707 (son of the younger John Winthrop).

John,1714–79, American astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.

Robert Charles,1809–94, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1847–49.

a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for winthrop

In the most recent poll of the Senate primary by Winthrop University in late Feburary, his name was not even included.
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Frémont understands the name as signifying a trough; while Winthrop interprets it as plates, or slabs, of rock.
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Uncle Winthrop came out to welcome them, and smiled down into the little girl's face.
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Their successors composed the nucleus of the party of Cushing, Everett, and Winthrop in 1860.
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Didn't the Yankee man he called Winthrop say, 'I congratulate you'?
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I really think you will make things livelier here than they have been since Mr. Winthrop was a lad.
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British Dictionary definitions for winthrop

Winthrop

/ (ˈwɪnˌθrɒp) /

noun

John. 1588–1649, English lawyer and colonist, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony: the leading figure among the Puritan settlers of New England

his son, John. 1606–76, English lawyer and colonist; a founder of Agawan (now Ipswich), Massachusetts; governor of Connecticut

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