Talbot

Meanings

1. An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
2. A male given name.
3. An earldom in the British peerage
4. A former brand of English motor car.
5. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
7. A town in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.

1. An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.

1. A type of hound with broad mouth and large ears, once used for hunting and tracking.

Etymology

From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, courageous”).