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Atchison

Atchison proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Atchison

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.

Noun

Atchison (plural Atchisons)

  1. (historical) A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny.
    • There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike.1683, George Meriton, A York-ſhire Dialogue, In its pure Natural Dialect As it is now commonly Spoken in the North parts of York-ſshire, York: […] John White, […] Richard Lambert, page 12

Forms of Atchison

Proper noun
alternative formAtcheson
Noun
pluralAtchisons

Origin of Atchison

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

Words formed from Atchison

Questions about Atchison

What does Atchison mean?
Atchison means a surname.
What part of speech is Atchison?
Atchison can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Atchison in the dictionary

  1. atchievers
  2. atchieves
  3. atchieving
  4. atchin tan
  5. atchin tans
  6. Atchison
  7. Atchison County
  8. Atchisons
  9. Atchley
  10. Atchleys
  11. atchoo

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