baldwin
IPA: bˈɔɫdwʌn
Root Word: Baldwin
noun
- (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.
- (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (uncountable) Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
- (uncountable) King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
- A placename
- A township in Ontario, Canada.
- A locality in the United States:
- A town in Duval County, Florida.
- A city in Georgia.
- A village in Illinois.
- A city in Iowa.
- A town in Louisiana.
- A town in Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- A village, the county seat of Lake County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
- A town and hamlet in New York.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A town and village in Wisconsin.
- (US) A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
- Ellipsis of Baldwin County. [A county of Alabama, United States. County seat: Bay Minette.]
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Examples of "baldwin" in Sentences
- Baldwin as co king of Jerusalem.
- The first was the one by Baldwin.
- Baldwin had calculated correctly.
- Baldwin in art, fiction, and film.
- Baldwin is primarily a tourist town.
- Baldwin is an animal rights activist.
- Baldwin described it was as smooth as flying.
- Baldwin eventually was victorious in the dispute.
- Mr. Baldwin was of course not moved by any ignoble wish to remain in office.
- Ida was the mother of Godfrey of Bouillon and of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
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