Ford

proper noun

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   A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.

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   A male given name transferred from the surname.

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7709).

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4080).

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Holbeton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6150).

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0829).

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Ford and Stoke Prior parish, south of Leominster, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5155)

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   A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A small village and civil parish in northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9437).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4113).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0003).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A small village in North Wraxall parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8375).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A number of places in England: A village in Laverstock parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1533).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village at the south-west end of Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8603).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Wolfscastle community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9526).

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Bartow County, Georgia.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city and township in Ford County, Kansas.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.

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    A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.

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    A carmaker, the Ford Motor Company; its brand.

noun

1. 1

   A car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle of this make.

   Their grandparents always drove Fords.

   They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.

   There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.

   It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.

Forms

plural

Fords