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parsons

US/ˈpɑɹsənz/

parsons is the plural of parson.

Meaning of parson

Noun

parson (plural parsons)

  1. An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
  2. A Protestant minister.
  3. (historical) A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
    • a lewde curate,
      A parson benyfyced
      But nothynge well advysed.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 35–37

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Proper noun capitalized: Parsons

Parsons

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A city in Labette County, Kansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri.
  4. A city in Decatur County, Tennessee.
  5. A city, the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia.
  6. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Parsons Island.

Origin of parsons

An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson. * In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.

Words formed from parsons

Phrases with parsons

Questions about parsons

What does parsons mean?
Parsons means a surname originating as an occupation.
What is parsons the plural of?
Parsons is the plural of parson.
What part of speech is parsons?
Parsons is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce parsons?
Parsons is pronounced /ˈpɑɹsənz/ (US).

Words near parsons in the dictionary

  1. parsonical
  2. parsonically
  3. parsonish
  4. parsonlike
  5. parsonly
  6. parsons
  7. Parsons code
  8. Parsons codes
  9. Parsons Green
  10. Parsons Island
  11. Parsons problem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parsons (page history and authors); Parsons (page history and authors); parson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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