English Explanatory Dictionary

Pearson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A placename:
  3. A city, the county seat of Atkinson County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Ainsworth, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
  6. A ghost town in south-east Victoria, Australia.
  7. Ellipsis of Toronto Pearson International Airport, an airport in Mississauga, Ontario

Pronunciation

/ˈpɪə.sən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pearson.wav pîr /ˈpɪɹ.sən/

Word forms

Pearson Pearsons Pierson Peirson

Etymology

From Piers + -son.

Derived words

Fujita-Pearson scale Neyman-Pearson lemma Pearson box Pearson correlation Pearsonian Pearson's long-clawed shrew Pearson sluice Pearson sluice box Pearson sluicebox Pearson syndrome
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