"Woodrow" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Woodrows [plural]
Etymology: wood + row Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wood|row}} wood + row Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Woodrow (plural Woodrows)
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for a dweller in a row of houses near a wood.
    Sense id: en-Woodrow-en-name--5pbdh8y Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  2. (US) A male given name transferred from the surname, given in the 1910s in honor of President Woodrow Wilson. Tags: US Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms: Woody
    Sense id: en-Woodrow-en-name-YcwzbzFF Categories (other): American English

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