name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
Crompton
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name
Meaning 2
A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A British Rail Class 33 locomotive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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History
Etymology
Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.
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