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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 surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in the United States
An unincorporated community and coal town in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in Canada
A community in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in Canada
A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164, Rural Municipality No. 164, Rural Municipality of Chaplin
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place name:
A number of places in Canada
A village in the Rural Municipality of Chaplin, Saskatchewan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comedian, comic, film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker
History
An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
