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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Santa Clara County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Osceola County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dunklin County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Steuben County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Kintyre, Emmons County, North Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Mahoning County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Hunt County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town on a Mississippi island in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Campbell Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Ellipsis of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., a 1994 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that commercial parodies can be subject to fair use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Topics: copyright, government, intellectual-property, law, politics
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noun
A British breed of domestic duck developed at Uley, in Gloucestershire, England, at the turn of the 20th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
United States mythologist (1904-1987)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Joseph Campbell
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Broader terms: mythologist
History
* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). * As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell. * As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above. * (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.
