Dowden definitions

Dowden

1) English surname
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Dowden

Dowden is an English family name. It is patronymic from an Old English personal name, Dogod (probably a derivative of dugan ‘to avail’, ‘to be of use’), chiefly found in Gloucestershire and Somerset. ...
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Dowden

1843–1913, Irish critic and poet.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dowden

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