Godwin

[ god-win ]

noun

1. Also God·wi·ne [] Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.
2. Gail, born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
3. Mary Woll·stone·craft [wool, -st, uh, n-kraft, -krahft], 1759–97, English writer.
4. her husband William, 1756–1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist.
5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “good friend.”

Godwin

/ ˈɡɒdwɪn /

noun

1. Godwin, Earl of Wessex1053MEnglishPOLITICS: statesman died 1053, Earl of Wessex. He was chief adviser to Canute and Edward the Confessor. His son succeeded Edward to the throne as Harold II
2. Mary. See (Mary) Wollstonecraft
3. GodwinWilliam17561836MBritishPHILOSOPHY: political philospherWRITING: novelist William. 1756–1836, British political philospher and novelist. In An Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793), he rejected government and social institutions, including marriage. His views greatly influenced English romantic writers

Example Sentences

Simon Godwin’s production, which aired on PBS, proved it was possible to be dynamically contemporary while still faithful to the tragedy’s true source of timelessness, its dramatic poetry.

From Los Angeles Times

The venue will be located in the former Bradford Odeon cinema building on Godwin Street, with construction work completed.

From BBC

Karamehmedovic succeeds Kim Godwin, who left the network after a three-year stint.

From Los Angeles Times

Godwin came to ABC News from CBS with a mandate to change the culture at the news division after the exit of a top executive who made what the company called “racially insensitive comments” about the network’s Black talent.

From Los Angeles Times

Ratings of “Good Morning America” started to slip under Godwin’s watch, but all of the broadcast networks are losing viewers as younger consumers look to online sources for their news and video content.

From Los Angeles Times