Griswold

plural Griswolds · alternative Griswood · alternative Griswald

1. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
2. A placename
   1. countableuncountableA town in New London County, Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
   4. countableuncountableA ghost town in California.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
3. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.