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Wilder
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Wil·der  (wldr), Billy 1906-2002.
Austrian-born American filmmaker whose works include Double Indemnity (1944), Some Like It Hot (1959), and Fedora (1978).

Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957.
American writer of novels, such as Little House on the Prairie (1935), based on her childhood on the American frontier.

wil·der  (wldr)
v. wil·dered, wil·der·ing, wil·ders Archaic
v.tr.
1. To lead astray; mislead.
2. To bewilder; perplex.
v.intr.
1. To lose one's way.
2. To become bewildered.

[Perhaps Middle English *wildren, blend of wilden, to be wild (from wilde, wild; see wild) and wanderen, to wander; see wander.]

wilder·ment n.
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Noun1.WilderWilder - United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
2.Wilder - United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)


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