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Nixon

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈnɪk.sɪn//
  • //ˈnɪk.sən//

An English surname transferred from the given name.

proper noun

  1. 1

    An English surname transferred from the given name.

  2. 2

    An English surname transferred from the given name. Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.

    Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.

  3. 3

    A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon.

  4. 4

    A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.

Etymology

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

noun

  1. 1

    slangA drug of low quality and low potency passed off as a powerful, pure drug.

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

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