Standard Lemma guide
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
An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin.
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 locale in the United States.
A town in New York; named for a local dairy farming family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Covington County, Mississippi; named for Mississippi statesman Fred W. Collins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A city in Georgia; named for early settler Perry Collins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A city in Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A village in Missouri; named for the local judge William Collins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for railroad official James Collins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A locale in the United States.
A census-designated place in Wisconsin; named for railroad official Sumner J. Collins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
plural of Collin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Tom Collins
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: highball
noun
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
* As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
See Tom Collins.
