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tindal

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: T IH1 N D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, dated

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An attendant on an army.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, dated

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4

noun

Meaning 4

English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, William Tindal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interpreter, translator, martyr, sufferer

History

Etymology

Variant of Tynedale.

From Malayalam തണ്ടല് (taṇṭal) or Telugu తండేలు (taṇḍēlu), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tanḍal-.