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walter
/ˈwɔltɚ/
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What does walter mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
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Suppose Sir Walter, instead of putting the conversations into the mouths of his characters, had allowed the characters to speak for themselves?
“Walter, you never mean to tell me that you have allowed all this to go on without inquiry into Mr. Lydgate’s prospects?”
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The turn-outs next proceeded to assault the new hands, when Mr. Walter resolved to throw around them the protection of the law.
“Then I take it for granted,” observed Sir Walter, “that his face is about as orange as the cuffs and capes of my livery.”
After such a scene as the last, Walter Morel was for some days abashed and ashamed, but he soon regained his old bullying indifference.