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Willard

//ˈwɪləɹd// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Old English of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.

    "The date on the document corresponded to Bill's date of birth, which Scott had seen many times on records and forms, and the name of the child was Willard Skansey Jr. - - - A bank robber's name. Or a tough welterweight of the 1930s with his hair parted in the middle. A bank robber lying low between jobs."

  3. 3
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States.; A tiny city in Shawnee County and Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States.; A small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States.; A city in Greene County, Missouri.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States.; A village in Torrance County, New Mexico, named after Willard Hopewell, builder of Santa Fe Central Railway.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States.; A hamlet primarily in the town of Romulus, Seneca County, New York.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina.
  7. 12
    A place in the United States.; A city in Huron County, Ohio.
  8. 13
    A place in the United States.; A small city in Box Elder County, Utah.
  9. 14
    A place in the United States.; A former unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, now a part of Washington Dulles International Airport.
  10. 15
    A place in the United States.; A small unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
  11. 16
    A place in the United States.; A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  12. 17
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).

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