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Baldwin

[ bawld-win ]

noun

  1. James, 1924–87, U.S. writer.
  2. James Mark, 1861–1934, U.S. psychologist.
  3. Lo·am·mi [loh-, am, -ahy], 1740–1807, U.S. civil engineer and developer of the Baldwin apple.
  4. Mat·thi·as William [m, uh, -, thahy, -, uh, s], 1795–1866, U.S. inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
  5. Roger, 1884–1981, U.S. advocate of constitutional rights: a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  6. Stanley 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1867–1947, British statesman: prime minister 1923–24, 1924–29, 1935–37.
  7. a variety of red, or red and yellow, winter apple, grown especially in the northeast U.S.
  8. a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  9. a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.


Baldwin

/ ˈbɔːldwɪn /

noun

  1. BaldwinJames Arthur19241987MUSWRITING: novelist James Arthur . 1924–87, US Black writer, whose works include the novel Go Tell it on the Mountain (1954)
  2. BaldwinStanley, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley18671947MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Stanley , 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. 1867–1947, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1923–24, 1924–29, 1935–37)
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Example Sentences

Gutierrez-Reed loaded a live bullet into Baldwin’s gun that killed Hutchins.

From Salon

“Alec Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologise to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death,” she said.

From BBC

They capped the sketch with the return of Alec Baldwin, taking on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

From Salon

Alec Baldwin also returned to the show to play Health and Human Services nominee and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who said he would protect “a woman’s right to give her child polio.”

Criminal justice consultant and research fellow Lucy Baldwin told Woman's Hour there should be a "multi-agency response" as it will always be appropriate for one or another service to become involved.

From BBC

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