"Waid" meaning in English

See Waid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Waids [plural]
Etymology: From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|gmh|weit|t=woad}} Middle High German weit (“woad”), {{cog|en|woad}} English woad Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Waids}} Waid (plural Waids)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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