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Calvert

Calvert proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

  1. A surname.
    • Maps for new House of Representatives districts would be created — splitting up red cities that support Republicans Ken Calvert of Corona and Darrell Issa of San Diego County, according to new maps drawn by Democrats.2025 October 2, Madison Hart, “Temecula City Council declares opposition to Prop. 50”, in The Press-Enterprise
  2. A hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6824).
    • Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48
  3. A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County and Washington County, Alabama, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Norton County, Kansas, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
  7. A city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.

Forms of Calvert

pluralCalverts

Origin of Calvert

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

Words formed from Calvert

Questions about Calvert

What does Calvert mean?
Calvert means a surname.
What part of speech is Calvert?
Calvert is a proper noun.

Words near Calvert in the dictionary

  1. calverial
  2. calvering
  3. Calverley
  4. Calverleys
  5. calvers
  6. Calvert
  7. Calvert County
  8. Calvert Green
  9. Calverton
  10. Calverts
  11. calves

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