Weld

See also: weld and Wëld

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Weld

  1. A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
    • 2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour‎[1], Associated Press, archived from the original on 8 March 2018:
      Johnson’s latest misstep played out during an extraordinary and awkward 50 seconds of live television on MSNBC, where Johnson and running mate William Weld were appearing in a town hall. Host Chris Matthews ticked through a list of regions, hoping to jog the Libertarian Party candidate’s memories, but to no avail.
  2. A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, named after Benjamin Weld.

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