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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 British surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A British surname transferred from the given name.
A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A village in Bulgaria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9296).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A city in Northern Manitoba, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A rural municipality in Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba; in full, the Rural Municipality of Thompson.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places 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 placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Winnebago County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sullivan County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Geauga County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Erin, Washington County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Thompson Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An Interior Salish language spoken in British Columbia and formerly in Washington.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Nlaka'pamuctsin, Nlaka'pamux, Nɬeʔkepmxcín
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noun
A member of a Salish people of British Columbia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Ellipsis of Thompson submachine gun (“Tommy gun”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
noun
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: archeologist, archaeologist
History
Variant of Thomson, from Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“McTavish”); also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas".
