Dwight


[dwahyt] /dwaɪt/

noun
1.
Timothy, 1826–1916, U.S. ecclesiastic: president of Yale University 1886–98.
2.
a male given name: from an Anglo-French surname meaning “of the Isle of Wight.”.

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