Griswold

proper noun Griswolds · Griswood · Griswald

1. countable, uncountable An 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. countable, uncountable A town in New London County, Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
3. countable, uncountable A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
5. countable, uncountable A ghost town in California.
6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
7. US, abbreviation, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Ellipsis 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.