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Witherspoon

wit·hers·poon

US/ˈwɪðɜrˌspun/ uncommon

noun

1.

American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)

Origin

Scottish habitational surname, perhaps from Middle English wether (“ram”) + spong (“narrow strip of land”).

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