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Bald⋅win

[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 [muh-thahy-uhs] , 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 esp. in the northeast U.S.
8. a town on S Long Island, in SE New York. 31,630.
9. a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. 24,598.

Baldwin I

–noun
1058–1118, king of Jerusalem 1100–18: fought in the first crusade.
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Bald·win   (bôld'wĭn)   
n.  An American variety of apple with red or yellow and red skin.

[After Loammi Baldwin (1745-1897), American engineer.]
Baldwin, James Arthur 1924-1987.  
American writer and outspoken critic of racism whose works include Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a novel, and Notes of a Native Son (1955), a collection of essays.
Baldwin, Roger Nash 1884-1981.  
American civil rights activist. In 1918 he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union, which he directed from 1920 to 1950.
Baldwin, Stanley. First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. 1867-1947.  
British prime minister (1923-1929 and 1935-1937) who responded to the General Strike of 1926 with the Trade Disputes Act of 1927, an antiunion bill, and facilitated the abdication of Edward VIII (1936).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
baldwin

  1. n.
    a good-looking male. (As in Alec Baldwin.) : Who is that Baldwin I saw you with last night?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Baldwin 
masc. proper name, from O.Fr. Baldoin, from a Gmc. source, cf. O.H.G. Baldawin, lit. "bold friend," from bald "bold" + wini "friend." A popular Flemish name, common in England before and after the Conquest.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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