Selden

[ sel-duhn ]

noun
  1. George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.

  2. John, 1584–1654, English historian, Orientalist, and politician.

  1. a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.

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How to use Selden in a sentence

  • I don't believe that mother would ever have sent us there if it were not that Ida Selden is going.

    The English Orphans | Mary Jane Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for Selden

Selden

/ (ˈsɛldən) /


noun
  1. John. 1584–1654, English antiquary and politician. As a member of Parliament, he was twice imprisoned for opposing the king

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