Will

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Quotations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Will

Plural -

Will

1. A shortening of William. Also used as a formal given name.

[edit] Related terms

• Willie
• Willy

[edit] Quotations

• 1598, William Shakespeare, Sonnets, 136

  Make but my name thy love, and love that still,

  And then thou lov'st me, - for my name is Will.

• 1998 Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, 1998, ISBN 0575061596, page 208

  One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?

[edit] Noun

Will (plural Wills)

1. (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
   • 1997, F Henderson, M Olson, Football's West Coast Offense, page 7

     Will linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB.

   • 2000, American Football Coaches Association Defensive Football Strategies, page 25

     Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender.

     Will covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.

[edit] See also

• Sam