thompson
IPA: tˈɑmpsʌn
Root Word: Thompson
noun
- (countable) A British surname transferred from the given name.
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A placename:
- A village in Bulgaria
- A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL9296).
- A city in Northern Manitoba, Canada.
- The Rural Municipality of Thompson, a rural municipality in Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A minor city in Winnebago County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
- A town in Sullivan County, New York.
- A city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Geauga County, Ohio.
- A borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Erin, Washington County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Thompson Township.
- A member of a Salish people of British Columbia.
- (firearms) Ellipsis of Thompson submachine gun (“Tommy gun”). [A .45-caliber American submachine gun, having a wooden stock and a drum, stick, or box magazine.]
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Examples of "thompson" in Sentences
- Does Thompson belong in this category.
- The current superintendent of the district is Barb Thompson.
- It is Aarne Thompson type 1451, a suitor chooses the thrifty girl.
- Her father owned the Thompson Courier and the Rake Register in Iowa.
- The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder.
- An unruly mob threatened to storm the building in search of Thompson.
- Thompson defended Mordecai Richler's novel Cocksure in Canada Reads 2006.
- As the day of the match grew closer, Thompson became increasingly nostalgic.
- Chaos Campus was created by Bart Thompson and published by Approbation Comics.
- Dale Thompson's vocals continues to showcase his raspy and blues based output.
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