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dearborn

UK/ˈdɪəbɔːn/US/ˈdɪɹboɹn/

dearborn noun: a light four-wheeled wagon.

Noun (1)

dearborn (plural dearborns)

  1. A light four-wheeled wagon.
    • It was somewhat hazardous to venture out with them at that time of day, but he loaded some in a dearborn so as to give them the appearance of going to a colored Quarterly Meeting, then in session near by.1883, Robert Clemens Smedley, History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania, page 290

Proper noun capitalized: Dearborn

Dearborn (countable and uncountable, plural Dearborns)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
    • The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah’s seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends.2025 October 8, Stephen Starr, “‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2025
  3. A city in Buchanan County and Platte County, Missouri, United States.
  4. Dearborn County.

Noun (2) capitalized: Dearborn

Dearborn (plural Dearborns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of dearborn.

Forms of dearborn

Noun
pluraldearborns
alternative formDearborn
pluralDearborns
Proper noun
pluralDearborns

Origin of dearborn

Named for the inventor.

From Middle English Daborne, Dabernoun, from Old Northern French d'Arborn (literally “of Arbornon”).

Words formed from dearborn

Questions about dearborn

What does dearborn mean?
Dearborn means a light four-wheeled wagon.
What part of speech is dearborn?
Dearborn can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dearborn?
Dearborn is pronounced /ˈdɪəbɔːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of dearborn?
The plural of dearborn is dearborns.

Words near dearborn in the dictionary

  1. dear Sir
  2. dear Sir or Madam
  3. dear Sir/Madam
  4. dear sirs
  5. Dear Sirs or Madams
  6. dearborn
  7. Dearborn County
  8. Dearborn Heights
  9. Dearborner
  10. Dearborners
  11. Dearbornian

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