English Explanatory Dictionary

Atchison

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.
noun
  1. A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny.

Word forms

Atchison Atcheson Atchisons

Etymology

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

Derived words

Atchison County Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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