Bond

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname originating as an occupation.

proper noun

1
A surname originating as an occupation.
2
A unisex given name from Old Norse.
3
An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
4
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, United States.
5
An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.

Etymology

* As an English occupational surname, from the noun bond, bondman, reinforced by Old Norse bóndi (“peasant, farmer”). Also as a variant of Band. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Bonde. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Bondarenko. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Bont, from bont (“speckled, motley”), compare Bonte.

Forms

plural: Bonds

Bon · An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan…Bonaparte · A Corsican surname, most notably borne by Napoleon Bonaparte…bond · A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by…

Bond · A surname originating as an occupation.

bondage · The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.bonded · Secured by bond.bonding · The act by which something is bonded or joined together.

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