English Explanatory Dictionary

Gleason

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡliː.sən/

Word forms

Gleason Gleasons

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin (“descendant of Glasán”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of glas (“green, blue, grey”).

Derived words

Gleasonian Gleason score Gleason's theorem
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