[god-win] 
| 1. | Also, God⋅wi⋅ne [god-wi-nuh] . 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 [woo l-stuhn-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.” |
| God·win (gŏd'wĭn) British writer and political theorist who believed in the perfectibility of human nature and maintained that people could live harmoniously without laws and institutions. His most important work is Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793). |
Godwin
also spelled Godwin earl of Wessex, the most powerful man in England during the opening years of the reign of Edward the Confessor
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