English Explanatory Dictionary

Plympton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
  2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈplɪmptən/

Word forms

Plympton Plymptons Plimpton

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

Derived words

Plympton St Mary Plympton St Maurice Plympton-Wyoming
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