English Explanatory Dictionary

Canfield

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
  3. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
  6. A city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
noun
  1. A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.

Word forms

Canfield Canfields Camfield Campfield Cansfield

Etymology

Two main origins: * Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”). * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

Derived words

canfieldite Great Canfield Little Canfield
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