Witherspoon
wit·hers·poon
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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