waldo

/ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/

waldo means A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.

waldo is pronounced /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/.

Etymology

English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.

name

A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.e.g.“He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'” — 2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 217:
A surname transferred from the given name.

noun

Synonym of telefactor.e.g.“Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism.” — 1940, Robert A. Heinlein, Waldo:

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Words closest in meaning

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autotelegraph 61% match — Synonym of telautograph. vs waldo →
telescriptor 58% match — Synonym of teleprinter. vs waldo →
telesalesman 55% match — Synonym of telemarketer. vs waldo →
telemetrical 54% match — Synonym of telemetric. vs waldo →
teleferic 54% match — A telpher or cable car. vs waldo →
teletransportation 53% match — Synonym of teleportation. vs waldo →
telephote 53% match — A telelectric device for producing images of visible objects at a distance. vs waldo →
telelectric 52% match — Relating to transmission by means of electricity. vs waldo →