Griswold


[griz-wawld, -wuh ld] /ˈgrɪz wɔld, -wəld/

noun
1.
Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
2.
a male given name.

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