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Faxon

Faxon proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Faxon (countable and uncountable, plural Faxons)

  1. A surname.
    • Faxon's obvious course was to struggle through the drifts to the village, and there rout out a sleigh to convey him to Weymore; but what if, on his arrival at Mrs. Culme's, no one remembered to ask him what this devotion to duty had cost?1916, Edith Wharton, The Triumph of Night
  2. An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Forms of Faxon

pluralFaxons

Origin of Faxon

Unexplained.

Questions about Faxon

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

Words near Faxon in the dictionary

  1. faxes
  2. faxing
  3. faxings
  4. faxless
  5. faxlore
  6. Faxon
  7. Faxons
  8. faxx
  9. faxxed
  10. faxxes
  11. faxxing

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