Woodrow

Woodrow
a) for a dweller in a row of houses near a wood.
b) transferred from the surname, given in the 1910s in honor of President Woodrow Wilson.
See Also: Woody

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  • Woodrow — may refer to:*Woodrow (name), a given name **Woodrow Wilson, a president of the United States;Places*Woodrow, Saskatchewan, Canada *Woodrow, Buckinghamshire, England *Woodrow, Colorado, an unincorporated town in the United States *Woodrow,… …   Wikipedia

  • Woodrow — m English: transferred use of the surname, originally a local name given to someone who lived in a row of houses by a wood. It is occasionally bestowed as a given name in the English speaking world in honour of the American president Woodrow… …   First names dictionary

  • Woodrow — [wood′rō] n. [< the surname Woodrow] a masculine name: dim. Woody …   English World dictionary

  • Woodrow — This long established surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is either a topographical name for someone who lived in a row of cottages near a wood, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century wudu , wood, and raw , row, line, or a locational… …   Surnames reference

  • Woodrow — /wood roh/, n. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) Woodrow Wilson Guthrie Woodrow Charles Herman Wilson Robert Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow * * * …   Universalium

  • Woodrow — (as used in expressions) Woodrow Wilson Guthrie Woodrow Charles Herman Wilson, Robert W(oodrow) Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Woodrow — englischer Name, Bedeutung: der vom Waldrand Stammende, angelehnt an einen Ortsnamen. Namensträger: Thomas Woodrow Wilson, US amerikanischer Präsident …   Deutsch namen

  • Woodrow Wilson — (1912) Thomas Woodrow Wilson (* 28. Dezember 1856 in Staunton …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas, Texas) — Woodrow Wilson High School is a public secondary school located at 100 South Glasgow Drive in the Lakewood neighborhood of east Dallas, Texas (USA) in the ZIP code 75214. It was named in honor of former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, who died… …   Wikipedia

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