Hood
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //hʊd//
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
Last month, Fort Hood in Texas, another major military installation, was redesignated Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who became the first Hispanic person to wear four stars on his uniform.
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A placename: A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
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Variant of Hood CountyA placename: Ellipsis of Hood County.
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Variant of Hood RiverA placename: Ellipsis of Hood River.
Etymology
* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun hood. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English name Hode, a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-, see Ott, Oates, and also compare Hodson. * Also as an English and Scottish surname, variant of Hudd. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”). Compare Mahood. * As a French surname, Americanized from Houde.
Forms
- plural
- Hoods