Alwin

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Old English; always rather rare in English.

    "Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now."

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"Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now."

Etymology

From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”).

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