English Explanatory Dictionary

Woodrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for a dweller in a row of houses near a wood.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, given in the 1910s in honor of President Woodrow Wilson.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʊd.roʊ/ /ˈwʊd.rəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Woodrow.wav

Word forms

Woodrow Woodrows

Etymology

From wood + row.

Related words

Woody
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