Allisons

Proper noun

Allison (countable and uncountable, plural Allisons)

1. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • While Rapinoe has acknowledged her white privilege, said Allison, the sociology professor, she received outsize attention for her racial activism without experiencing the harsh consequences that Black athletes historically receive for protests.2023 August 6, Jeré Longman, “For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage.
   • "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name.
   • "It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 81
3. (countable) A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison.
   • Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book One, Chapter 4
4. A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
6. A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.

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