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Parsons

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈpɑɹsənz//

A surname originating as an occupation.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname originating as an occupation.

  2. 2

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Labette County, Kansas.

  3. 3

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri.

  4. 4

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Decatur County, Tennessee.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia.

  6. 6

    Variant of Parsons IslandA number of places in the United States: Ellipsis of Parsons Island.

Etymology

An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson. * In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.

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