Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name; always rather rare in English.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • I thought of getting the new divine calm massage oil, but I guess Alwin is not a romantic person, so I passed it.

    Doing things a girl should do Jerine 2009

  • After the longest outdoor adventure I ever felt, I ended up resting in Alwin's place.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Jerine 2008

  • After the longest outdoor adventure I ever felt, I ended up resting in Alwin's place.

    Sick Jerine 2008

  • Alwin is partying mad style in Melbourne right now (or probably he’s hitting on other chicks in party?).

    Stuff, stuff, stuff Jerine 2008

  • Alwin is partying mad style in Melbourne right now (or probably he’s hitting on other chicks in party?).

    Archive 2008-11-01 Jerine 2008

  • "I am called Alwin," answered the thrall; "and I come from Northumbria."

    The Thrall of Leif the Lucky 1893

  • Mr. Greskovic notes that, "Sometimes a group led by a single choreographer just fades away after the death of its founder," offering the companies of Alwin Nikolais and Erick Hawkins as examples.

    Choreography Outlives Its Creators 2012

  • Alwin Nikolais's and Erick Hawkins's companies, to name but two troupes with heydays in the latter half of the 20th century, are no more.

    Will Cunningham's Works Survive? Robert Greskovic 2012

  • In my love life, I've never receive any chocolate, or flowers, or present from my loved ones, except a bottle of perfume which Alwin gave me last year.

    Valentine's Day boredom Jerine 2009

  • Alwin Landry, 41, captain of the supply ship Damon B. Bankston, which rescued dozens of workers after the Deepwater Horizon explosion

    Reflections from the Gulf of Mexico Leslie Tamura 2010

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