Thompson

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈtɒmp.sən//
United Kingdom//ˈtɒm.sən//
United States//ˈtɑmp.sən//
United States//ˈtɑm.sən//

A British surname transferred from the given name.

proper noun

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A British surname transferred from the given name.
Police believe Mangione had been traveling around Pennsylvania in the days after Thompson was killed, from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to Altoona, where he was recognized earlier Monday at a McDonald's restaurant.
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A British surname transferred from the given name. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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A placename: A village in Bulgaria.
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A placename: A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9296).
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A placename: A city in Northern Manitoba, Canada.
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A placename: A rural municipality in Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba; in full, the Rural Municipality of Thompson.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Winnebago County, Iowa.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Sullivan County, New York.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Geauga County, Ohio.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Erin, Washington County, Wisconsin.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Thompson Township.
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An Interior Salish language spoken in British Columbia and formerly in Washington.

Etymology

Variant of Thomson, from Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“McTavish”); also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas".

noun

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A member of a Salish people of British Columbia.
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Variant of Thompson submachine gunEllipsis of Thompson submachine gun (“Tommy gun”).

Forms

plural: Thompsons

thirty-five · The cardinal number immediately following thirty-four and…this · The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone…Thomas · An infidel or doubter.

Thompson · A British surname transferred from the given name.

thong · A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to…Thong · A surname.thor · there

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