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Griswold en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /-wəld/
• /ˈɡrɪzwɔːld/

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A locale in the United States. ▸ A town in New London County, Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A locale in the United States. ▸ A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A locale in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A locale in the United States. ▸ A ghost town in California.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
7. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
   alt of Griswold v. Connecticut

Forms

Coordinates

Eisenstadt · substantive due process

Deriveds

Clark Griswold · Griswoldville