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Garfield

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɡɑːfiːld//
  • United States//ˈɡɑɹfild//

An English surname, thought to be habitational.

proper noun

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    An English surname, thought to be habitational.

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    James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.

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    A male given name transferred from the surname.

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    The fictional, orange and anthropomorphic cat who is the protagonist of the comic strip Garfield.

    One product is a Garfield telephone. Between rings, it says out loud: "You get it. I'm not getting it!"

    Someone hiding behind a giant Garfield balloon blocked the doorway. Only the person's legs were visible[…]

    […]Kamala Harris goes crazy for carbs. Move over, elite peophile ring. Kamala's gone Garfield on the lasagna!

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    A place name: A former rural locality in Barcaldine Region, central Queensland, Australia.

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    A place name: A town in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne.

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    A place name: A community in Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada, named after US president James A. Garfield.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Benton County, Arkansas.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Chaffee County, Colorado.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Emanuel County, Georgia.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bonner County, Idaho.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bonneville County and Jefferson County, Idaho, named after the US president.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Osage Township, LaSalle County, Illinois.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Pawnee County, Kansas.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bay County, Michigan.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A former post office in Richland Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Swan Creek Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota, named after the president.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, named after the president.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A city in Bergen County, New Jersey, renamed after the president.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Coal Township, Jackson County, Ohio.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mahoning County, Ohio.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Travis County, Texas.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A locale in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Whitman County, Washington, named after the president.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin.

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    A place name: A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Garfield Township.

Etymology

Also Garfeld, from Old English gār (“spear”) + feld (“field”).

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).