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Crompton

Crompton proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Crompton (countable and uncountable, plural Cromptons)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.

Noun

Crompton (plural Cromptons)

  1. (UK) A British Rail Class 33 locomotive.

Forms of Crompton

Proper noun
pluralCromptons
alternative formCrumpton
Noun
pluralCromptons

Origin of Crompton

Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.

Questions about Crompton

What does Crompton mean?
Crompton means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Crompton?
Crompton can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Crompton in the dictionary

  1. cromolyns
  2. cromorna
  3. cromornas
  4. cromorne
  5. cromornes
  6. Crompton
  7. Cromptons
  8. Croms
  9. cromulence
  10. cromulent
  11. Cromwell

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