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  • proper noun A male given name.
  • noun UK An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night

Etymologies

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Old French form of Germanic Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz, such as Witold and Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido.

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