name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Golding
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Pronunciation
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gōlʹdĭng
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Received-Pronunciation, UK: /ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: G OW1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A gold coin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A kind of apple; a goldling.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Midlands, North, UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 5
The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).
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noun
Meaning 6
A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of gold
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 8
English novelist (1911-1993)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: William Golding, Sir William Gerald Golding
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Broader terms: writer, author
History
Etymology
First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.
First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).
From gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) + -ing.