wildling

noun

wild·​ling ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-liŋ How to pronounce wildling (audio)

Examples of wildling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2018, Harington married Game of Thrones costar Rose Leslie, who played Jon Snow’s wildling lover, Ygritte. Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 July 2024 Osha the wildling toys with Westerosi class and gender norms in conversations with Theon, then playfully throws them away in favor of a blunt eco-libertarianism. Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2012 The original series ended with Jon being exiled from Westeros and joining the wildlings beyond the Wall to begin a new life. Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023 His wildlings also correctly predicted the human response to an experimental sepsis treatment, which had appeared effective in standard laboratory mice but had failed when tested on sepsis patients. Sonia Shah, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2023 Amazon Prime announced on Monday that Ciarán Hinds, who played wildling leader Mance Rayder on Game of Thrones, will be joining season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in an undisclosed role. Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023 The seeds, as well as seedlings found in the forest—also known as wildlings—were transferred to a nursery outside the forest. Yao-Hua Law, Science | AAAS, 6 Nov. 2019 Because of exposure to the wide range of microorganisms in their surrogate mothers, the wildlings had a microbiome that was a closer match to those found in natural environments. Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2019 These experiments suggest the wildling mice could be a more accurate model of human immune responses in preclinical trials. Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 1 Aug. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wildling was in 1840

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“Wildling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildling. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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