name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
woodward
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: W UH1 D W AO2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: W UH1 D W ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A small city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A city, the county seat of Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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name
Meaning 5
Three townships, in Clearfield County, Clinton County and Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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noun
Meaning 6
A warden of a wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 7
United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bob Woodward, Robert Woodward, Robert Burns Woodward
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Broader terms: chemist
noun
Meaning 8
United States historian (1908-1999)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: C. Vann Woodward, Comer Vann Woodward
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Broader terms: historian, historiographer
History
Etymology
Occupational surname from woodward.
Inherited from Middle English wodeward, from Old English wuduweard; equivalent to wood + ward.
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