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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Crown prince of Germany and of Prussia. The son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, he commanded troops in the Battle of Verdun (1916) and renounced the crown at the close of World War I.
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Examples
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Then came a letter from Ostend, in which she called Wilhelm
The Malady of the Century Max Simon Nordau 1886
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And he happens to be in Wilhelm, Massachusetts this week.
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Like most infatuated comic book men, when Wilhelm is around, Moloch acts like an idiot.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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"The Wings of Meister Wilhelm" is one of the most traditional stories in the book, a story that would even be appropriate for children, but it is captivating and feels fresh because it is all told so well.
Genre Fiction 2010
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Kate Wilhelm is not British, but her short story Andover and the Android was adapted by Bruce Stewart as a 1965 episode of Out of the Unknown.
British women writers of TV sf before 1970 nwhyte 2010
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Like most infatuated comic book men, when Wilhelm is around, Moloch acts like an idiot.
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And, what did William Steig reveal, all those years on the couch in Wilhelm Reich's office?
In Bed with WHO? Roger Sutton 2006
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Germany's Uschi Disl has amassed eight medals in four Olympiad, but fellow German Kati Wilhelm is the overall World Cup women's leader this season.
USATODAY.com 2006
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Our readers cannot fail, we think, to be struck with the beautiful passage consecrated to his friendship with Délvig; and the only other personal allusion which seems to stand in need of explanation, is that indicated by the name Wilhelm, towards the end of the poem.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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In intercepted telephone calls Wilhelm disputed part of this version.
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