English

Proper noun

Waldo

1. A male given name, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
   • 2002 Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, ISBN 0007151519, page 217:

     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.'

2. A surname​ derived from the given name.

See also

• Waldo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

waldo ‎(plural waldos or waldoes)

1. A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
   • 1940, Robert A. Heinlein, Waldo:

     Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism.

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