Meanings
guido1
plural guidos · alternative Guido
- USethnicslangslurAn Italian or (especially) Italian-American man, especially a stereotypical working-class or lower-class, usually urban-dwelling one.
In a way, he looked like one of those guidos from MTV's Jersey Shore, but he resembled them only in appearance.
2013, Nathan J Morissey, 62 Hot Gay Stories
guido2
plural guidos · alternative Guido · alternative GUIDO
- slangUS space programA guidance officer.
There were to be four Guidance Officers for Apollo 1. Two “Guidos” were to be on the console for launch phase and two for orbit phase.
2018, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried, Apollo Mission Control (page 255)1 more example
While the Black Team continued to monitor current conditions, off-console retrofire officers (RETROs), flight dynamics officers (FIDOs), and guidance officers (GUIDOs) were at work calculating the exact short-burn maneuver […]
1999, Judy L. Hasday, The Apollo 13 Mission, page 79
Guido3
plural Guidos
- A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
- Proto-Germanic*widuz
- Proto-West Germanic*widu
- Frankish*Widō
- Medieval Latin*Widō
- ItalianGuido
- Englishguido
From Italian Guido, a male given name. Doublet of Guido, Guy, and guy.
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guido. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guido
“guido.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guido. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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