Witherspoon

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English.

    "During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies."

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john witherspoon

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"During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies."

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, perhaps from Middle English wether (“ram”) + spong (“narrow strip of land”).

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