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Edwin

[ ed-win ]

noun

  1. Also Ead·wine []. a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
  2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “friend.”


Edwin

/ ˈɛdwɪn /

noun

  1. Edwin?585633MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?585–633 ad , king of Northumbria (617–633) and overlord of all England except Kent


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Edwin works for Physicians Angels, which employs 500 remote scribes in India.

From Fortune

Another American officer, Capt. Edwin Glenn, was convicted of cruelty in a non-fatal turn-of-the-century case in the Philippines.

“Edwin Morris Kocurek is a hard-working and loyal employee,” said his first evaluation, obtained through an open-records request.

Edwin Edwards has been a governor, a congressman, and a federal prisoner.

And, unlike former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, McDonnell didn't try to portray himself as a loveable rogue.

Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan has said an investigation is under way.

Then a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.

Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.

She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.

Towards the evening of the same day, she had made herself quite sure that Edwin Clayhanger would call that night.

Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.

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