English Explanatory Dictionary

Townsend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A placename:
  4. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A former township in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A town in New Castle County, Delaware.
  8. An unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia.
  9. A town and census-designated place in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  10. A city, the county seat of Broadwater County, Montana.
  11. Two townships in Ohio, in Huron County and Sandusky County.
  12. A minor city in Blount County, Tennessee.

Pronunciation

tounʹ-zənd /ˈtaʊn.zənd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Townsend.wav /ˈtæɔn.zənd/

Word forms

Townsend Townsends Townshend Townhend Townend

Etymology

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”), referring to a dweller at the outskirts of a village.

Derived words

Daentl Townsend Siegel syndrome Hooker's Townsend daisy Port Townsend Ramsauer-Townsend effect Townsend avalanche Townsend daisy Townsend deprivation index Townsend discharge Townsendian Townsendite Townsend's storm petrel
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