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Waldo
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Wal·do  (wôld, wäl-) or Val·do (vl-, väl-), Peter Also known as Peter or Pierre Valdès. fl. 12th century.
French religious leader who founded the Waldenses and was excommunicated in 1184.

waldo [ˈwɔːldəʊ]
n pl -dos, -does
(Engineering / Tools) a gadget for manipulating objects by remote control
[named after Waldo F. Jones, inventor in a science-fiction story by Robert Heinlein]


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Since the publication of Waldo robotic limbs used by the protagonist and those in the nuclear and underwater industries have reportedly been called waldoes, and I believe the term appears in some dictionaries.
 
 
 
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