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Remington

/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/

Remington proper noun: an English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

Proper noun

Remington

  1. An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.
    • One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does.2011 January 14, David Bromwich, “Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry”, in The Guardian
    • Rafe loved Remington. He so typified the old West.2008, Erik D. Stoops, Serpentauria, page 19
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
  4. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
  5. A town in Virginia.
  6. A hamlet in Ohio.
  7. A town in Wisconsin.

Noun

Remington (plural Remingtons)

  1. A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
  2. A kind of typewriter.

Forms of Remington

pluralRemingtons

Origin of Remington

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

Words formed from Remington

Phrases with Remington

Questions about Remington

What does Remington mean?
Remington means an English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.
What part of speech is Remington?
Remington can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Remington?
Remington is pronounced /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/.

Words near Remington in the dictionary

  1. reminescent
  2. remingle
  3. remingled
  4. remingles
  5. remingling
  6. Remington
  7. Remington raider
  8. Remington raiders
  9. remingtonocetid
  10. remingtonocetids
  11. Remingtons

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