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/wil"yeuhm/, n.1. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter W.2. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning "will" and "helmet."
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(as used in expressions)Huddie William LedbetterAberhart WilliamStephen Valentine Patrick William AllenAmis Sir Kingsley WilliamAshley William HenryAshton Sir Frederick William MallandaineBarkley Alben WilliamBartram WilliamWilliam Allen BasieBateson WilliamBayliss Sir William MaddockBeaumont WilliamBeckford WilliamBecknell WilliamBentinck William Henry Cavendish LordBenton William BurnettWilliam Berkeley EnosBerkeley Sir WilliamBeveridge of Tuggal William Henry 1st BaronBillings WilliamBishop William AveryBlackstone Sir WilliamBlair Henry WilliamBlake WilliamBligh WilliamBliss William Dwight PorterBlount WilliamBok Edward WilliamBooth WilliamBorah William EdgarBorden Sir Frederick WilliamBouguereau William AdolpheBowman Sir WilliamBradford WilliamWilliam Warren BradleyBragg Sir William HenryBrennan William Joseph Jr.Brewster WilliamBricker John WilliamBrown William WellsBryan William JenningsPaul William BryantBryant William CullenBuckley William Frank Jr.Burroughs William SewardByrd WilliamCadogan William 1st EarlJohn William CarsonCaxton WilliamCecil William 1st Baron BurghleyChambers Robert and WilliamChanning William ElleryChase William MerrittCheselden WilliamCheyne Sir William WatsonClaiborne WilliamClarendon George William Frederick Villiers 4th earl ofClark WilliamClemens William RogerCobbett WilliamCoddington WilliamCody William FrederickCollins William WilkieColtrane John WilliamCongreve WilliamCharles William GordonCoolidge William DavidCorman Roger WilliamCosgrave William ThomasCowper WilliamCrawford William HarrisCullen WilliamCurrie Sir Arthur WilliamD'Arcy William KnoxDampier WilliamDavenant Sir WilliamWilliam D'AvenantDavies William RobertsonDeming William EdwardsWilliam Harrison DempseyWilliam James DixonDodge William EarlDouglas William OrvilleDu Bois William Edward BurghardtDunbar WilliamDurant William James and ArielDurant William CrapoEccles William HenryWilliam Clarence EcksteinWilliam Blake McEdwardsElgar Sir Edward WilliamEliot Charles WilliamEmpson Sir WilliamEstes William KayeWilliam John EvansEvarts William MaxwellEwing William MauriceFairbairn Sir WilliamFaulkner William CuthbertWilliam Cuthbert FalknerRobert William Andrew FellerFessenden William PittWilliam Claude DukenfieldFoster William ZebulonFowler William AlfredWilliam Orville FrizzellFroude WilliamFulbright James WilliamGable William ClarkGaddis William ThomasGarrison William LloydWilliam Henry Gates IIIGeorge William FrederickPrince William of DenmarkGibbs William FrancisGibson William FordGilbert Sir William SchwenckGiuliani Rudolph WilliamGlackens William JamesGladstone William EwartGodwin WilliamGolding Sir William GeraldGoodpasture Ernest WilliamGorgas William CrawfordGrace William GilbertGreen WilliamGull Sir William WitheyGunn Thomson WilliamGuthrie Sir William TyroneWilliam John CliftonHaley Sir William JohnHalsey William Frederick Jr.Halsted William StewartHandy William ChristopherHanna William Denby and Barbera Joseph RolandHardee William JosephHarnett William MichaelHarriman William AverellHarrison William HenryHart William S.William John HartackHarvey WilliamHawking Stephen WilliamHaywood William DudleyHazlitt WilliamHearst William RandolphHeisman John WilliamHenley William ErnestWilliam Sydney PorterWilliam Benjamin HoganHogarth WilliamHolley Robert WilliamWilliam Frederick HoppeHowe William Howe 5th ViscountHowells William DeanHull WilliamHunt William HolmanHunter WilliamInge William MotterChristopher William BradshawJackson William HenryJames WilliamJohnson Sir William 1st BaronetWilliam Tass JonesJones Sir WilliamWilliam Henry PrattKeen William WilliamsKelly WilliamKelvin of Largs William Thomson BaronKennedy WilliamKidd WilliamKing William's WarKing William Lyon MackenzieKing William Rufus de VaneKnudsen William SigniusKunstler William MosesLabov WilliamLanchester Frederick WilliamLangland WilliamLaud WilliamLawes Henry and WilliamLeahy William DanielLear William PowellLee WilliamLily WilliamLivingston WilliamMackenzie William LyonMacready William CharlesMahone WilliamMaitland Frederic WilliamMaitland of Lethington WilliamMansfield William Murray 1st earl ofMarcy William LearnedMasters William Howell and Johnson Virginia EshelmanMauchly John WilliamMaugham William SomersetMaxwell WilliamMcAdoo William GibbsMcGuffey William HolmesMcKinley WilliamMelbourne of Kilmore William Lamb 2nd ViscountMellon Andrew WilliamMerwin William StanleyWilliam Mervin MillsWilliam MitchellWilliam Smith MonroeMorris WilliamWilliam Joseph MosconiMoultrie WilliamMount William SidneyWilliam Francis MurphyJoseph William NamathNewcastle upon Tyne William Cavendish 1st duke ofNicklaus Jack WilliamNimitz Chester WilliamNorris George WilliamO'Brien William SmithOckham William ofWilliam of OccamOsler Sir WilliamPaley William SamuelPaterson WilliamPenn WilliamPetrie Sir William Matthew FlindersPetty Sir WilliamPitt William the ElderPitt William the YoungerPost Charles WilliamPowell WilliamPrescott William HicklingProcter William CooperPrynne WilliamQuantrill William ClarkeRankine William John MacquornRayleigh of Terling Place John William Strutt 3rd BaronRehnquist William HubbsElla Gwendolen Rees WilliamWilliam RobinsonRogers William Penn AdairRosecrans William StarkeRoss Sir William DavidRosse William Parsons 3rd earl ofRussell Bertrand Arthur William 3rd Earl RussellWilliam Felton RussellRussell William Russell LordSafire WilliamSalesbury WilliamSampson William ThomasSaroyan WilliamSchuman William HowardService Robert WilliamSeward William HenryShakespeare WilliamSherman William TecumsehShippen William Jr.Shirer William LawrenceShirley WilliamShockley William BradfordWilliam Lee ShoemakerSiemens Sir Charles WilliamSims William SowdenSmith William EugeneSmith WilliamStahl Franklin WilliamSteuben Frederick William Augustus Baron vonStiegel Henry WilliamStill William GrantStirling William Alexander 1st earl ofStokes WilliamWilliam Thomas StrayhornStrong WilliamStyron WilliamWilliam Ashley SundaySymington William StuartSymington WilliamSymons Arthur WilliamTaft William HowardTalbot William Henry FoxTedder of Glenguin Arthur William Tedder 1st BaronTell WilliamTemple Sir WilliamThackeray William MakepeaceWilliam Tatem TildenTrevor WilliamWilliam Trevor CoxTrimble William DavidTubman William Vacanarat ShadrachWilliam CookTurner Joseph Mallord WilliamTweed William MarcyRobert William UnserWilliam Louis VeeckWalker WilliamWallace William SirWallack James WilliamWalton Sir William TurnerWarner William LloydWelch William HenryWellman William AugustusWhewell WilliamWhite William AllenWhitney William CollinsWilberforce WilliamWilliam and Mary College ofWilliam the GoodWilliam IWilliam the LionWilliam the SilentWilliams William CarlosWilson William JuliusWordsworth WilliamWycherley WilliamWyler WilliamYancey William LowndesWilliam Caleb YarboroughYeats William ButlerWilliam Alexander AbbottBulwer Sir William Henry Lytton EarleWilliam Jefferson Blythe IVWilliam Jefferson ClintonNorthcliffe of Saint Peter Alfred Charles William Harmsworth ViscountSlim William Joseph 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and BishopstonWallace William Roy DeWitt and Lila Acheson* * *
▪ king of Germanyalso called William Of Holland, German Wilhelm Von Hollandborn 1228died Jan. 28, 1256, near Hoogwoude, HollandGerman king from Oct. 3, 1247, elected by the papal party in Germany as antiking in opposition to Conrad IV and subsequently gaining general recognition. As William II he was also count of Holland, succeeding his father, Count Floris IV, in 1234.William was elected German king to succeed Henry Raspe (died Feb. 16, 1247), Pope Innocent IV's nominee to replace Conrad, whom the Pope had declared deposed in 1245. Although crowned at Aachen on Nov. l, 1248, William was king of a minority of the German states until King Conrad decided, late in 1251, to leave Germany for Italy (where he became king of Sicily). On March 25, 1252, William was recognized as king by Albert, duke of Saxony, and by John and Otto, margraves of Brandenburg; further support came in 1254, from the Rhenish League of Cities.William's growing strength in the Rhineland caused Archbishop Conrad of Cologne (who had crowned him) to plan his deposition in favour of Otakar II of Bohemia. That conspiracy (late 1254) was checked by Pope Alexander IV.As count of Holland, William promoted the urban development of Haarlem, Delft, Middelburg, and Alkmaar, all of which became trading centres. While trying to secure his rule over the Frisians, he was killed in battle.* * *
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