English Explanatory Dictionary

Exxon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A trade name of ExxonMobil, primarily used in the United States of America.
  2. A former petrochemical company, now part of ExxonMobil.

Word forms

Exxon

Etymology

Variant of the originally proposed Exon (in keeping with the four-letter format of Enco and Esso), to avoid having the name of J. James Exon, governor of Nebraska, which might have suggested a conflict of interest.

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