Wiles
//waɪlz// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of wile form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile.
"Once Kennedy bought into the plan, Wiles advised waiting to announce it until after the Democratic convention, believing it would stall Harris’ momentum. To Wiles, the endorsement was one of the campaign’s key moments. It neutralized the threat that Kennedy would peel off votes from Trump. But more importantly, “he allowed us to broaden the base of the party,” she says. “He was a key way to do that.”"
Example
More examples"Fermat's Last Theorem was finally proven by English mathematician Andrew Wiles in 1994."
Etymology
From Wile + -s (patronymic suffix).
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