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Maxwell
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maxwell
English
Etymology
From an earlier form Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's well or spring", from en ang welle well.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmækswɛl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Maxwell.wav Southern England
en maxwell
Proper noun
en Scottish habitational from Mackeswell near Melrose.
en Lauren del Valle;Steve Almas Woman testifies Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/ghislaine-maxwell-alleged-victim-testimony 2021-11-30 A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628052612/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/ghislaine-maxwell-alleged-victim-testimony/
Any of various widely known persons so named, such as James Clerk Maxwell.
en male surnames.
en Alex Baumhardt Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department w:Oregon Capital Chronicle https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/oregon-rep-bonamici-among-electeds-inexplicably-locked-out-of-u-s-education-department-friday/ 2025-02-07 A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250305235044/http://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/oregon-rep-bonamici-among-electeds-inexplicably-locked-out-of-u-s-education-department-friday/
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Colusa County s/California.
en twp co/Sangamon County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Center co/Hancock County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Story County s/Iowa.
en twp co/Lac qui Parle County s/Minnesota.
en village co/Lincoln County s/Nebraska.
en village co/Colfax County s/New Mexico.
en ucomm co/Caldwell County s/Texas.
en hamlet mun:suf/Grey Highlands co/Grey County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en locality in the carea/Wagga Wagga southern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en maxwell
en Maxwell-Wien bridge
en Maxwell time
en Maxwellian
en Maxwellisation, en Maxwellization
See also
en Max