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Waldo

[ wawl-doh, wol- ]

noun

  1. Pierre or Peter, died c1217, French merchant and religious reformer, declared a heretic: founder of the Waldenses.


waldo

/ ˈwɔːldəʊ /

noun

  1. a gadget for manipulating objects by remote control
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Waldo1

C20: named after Waldo F. Jones, inventor in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein
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Example Sentences

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every artist was first an amateur.”

It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, taking home the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.

We could find Waldo anywhere while tripping—like beneath a fingernail or inside our eyelid.

Waldo Dave laughs, “It was EXACTLY like a treasure map, and we were totally excited about it.”

Mark Twain, Thomas Hardy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Francis Bacon, and John Milton all kept them, to name a few.

The little robot just stood there for a second or two, unmoving, his waldo hands clasped firmly in front of his chest.

And the evidence shows that a pair of waldo hands smashed those switches.

Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered the literary address, and two days were devoted to the examination of incoming pupils.

Steve Waldo tried to engage his favourite table, and Mrs. Waldo suggested that it would be a good moment to get the reservations.

Mrs. Waldo would have asked more questions if at that moment her eyes had not lighted upon a couple at an adjacent table.

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