/god"win/ , n.
1. Also, Godwine /god"wi neuh/ . Earl of the West Saxons , died 1053, English statesman.
2. Gail , born 1937, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
3. Mary Wollstonecraft /wool"steuhn kraft', -krahft'/ , 1759-97, English writer.
4. her husband William , 1756-1836, English political philosopher, novelist, and essayist.
5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning "good friend."