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Wallace1 definition

Wal·lace (wô′lis, wä′-)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Wally

Etymology: < the surname Wallace < Anglo-Fr Waleis or ME Walisc, foreign, Welsh

Wallace2 definition

Wal·lace (wô′lis, wä′-)

  1. Wallace, Alfred Russel 1823-1913; Eng. naturalist
  2. Wallace, Lew(is) 1827-1905; U.S. general & novelist
  3. Wallace, Sir William 1270?-1305; Scot. patriot & leader in struggle against Edward I of England

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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