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Baldwin

[ bawld-win ]

noun

  1. James, 1924–87, U.S. writer.
  2. James Mark, 1861–1934, U.S. psychologist.
  3. ·· [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

/ ˈɔːɪ /

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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Baldwin traveled to Spain to help prepare for the iguanas’ flight to the United States.

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He says he remembers thinking "here's a nice opportunity to provide a Devon voice in Westminster which is exactly the job Baldwin was given 900 years ago."

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And the great James Baldwin in his classic 1955 analysis of race in America, Notes of a Native Son, wrote:

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Lees, a six-year veteran of the department assigned to Fire Station 94 in Baldwin Hills, went missing Dec. 4 while diving near Pier J in Long Beach.

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In-N-Out is vacating its longtime offices in Irvine, moving some workers back to Baldwin Park, and others to new company offices in Tennessee.

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