walter
see also: Walter
Verb
Walter
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Walter
Verb
walter (walters, present participle waltering; past and past participle waltered)
Walter
Pronunciation Proper noun
- A male given name.
- ~1590 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene I
- Whitmore. And so am I; my name is Walter Whitmore. / How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright?
- Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. / A cunning man did calculate my birth, / And told me that by Water I should die. / Yet let not this make thee be bloody-minded; / Thy name is - Gaultier, being rightly sounded.
- 1991 Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 13:
- And with some appellations, the contrary applies. Like Walter, for instance. You can't be Walter in a pram. You can't be Walter until you're about seventy-five in my view.
- 2003, Elinor Sisulu, Walter & Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime (page 151)
- Walter complained about the assault and isolation of the volunteers. Two policemen immediately grabbed him and dragged him to the punishment cells.
- ~1590 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene I
- (pet forms) Wally, Walt, Wat
- (surnames) Fitzwater, Gwatkin, Walters, Waters, Waterson, Watkin, Watkins, Watkinson, Watson, Watt, Watts
- French: Gautier
- German: Walter, Walther
- Italian: Gualtiero
- Portuguese: Guálter, Gualtério, Valter, Walter
- Russian: Ва́льтер
- Spanish: Gualterio
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