name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
Canfield
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name
Meaning 2
A placename, from the surname:
A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A placename, from the surname:
A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
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Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
a form of solitaire that involves gambling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: solitaire, patience
History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”). * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.
Named after US gambler Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).
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