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Thomson

/ˈtɒm.sən/US/ˈtɑm.sən/

Thomson proper noun: a British surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Thomson (countable and uncountable, plural Thomsons)

  1. (countable) A British surname transferred from the given name.
    1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A city, the county seat of McDuffie County, Georgia.
  3. A village in Carroll County, Illinois.
  4. A former city in Carlton County, Minnesota, now merged into the city of Carlton.
  5. A hamlet in the town of Greenwich, Washington County, New York.
  6. A neighbourhood of Singapore, named after Thomson Road, which was named after John Turnbull Thomson.
  7. A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, named after Alexander Thomson (pioneer).
  8. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Thomson meaning in Tamil and Bengali

Thomson in Tamil

தொமிசன்தைத்தர்குணகம்

Thomson in Bengali

surname
টমসন ṭomośon

Forms of Thomson

pluralThomsons
alternative formTomson
alternative formThompson
alternative formTompson
alternative formThomason
alternative formThomasson

Origin of Thomson

From Tom + -son, originally meaning "son of Thomas". In some instances of people so named, a calque of Scottish Gaelic MacTamhais (“MacTavish”). Also an anglicisation of the Gaelic name MacTamhais, meaning "son of Thomas". Many with the name MacTavish changed their name to Thomson and Thompson after Culloden. Being derived from Thomas ultimately gives this surname an Aramaic derivation - teoma 'twin'.

Words formed from Thomson

Phrases with Thomson

Questions about Thomson

What does Thomson mean?
Thomson means a British surname transferred from the given name.
What is Thomson in Tamil?
Thomson in Tamil is தொமிசன்தைத்தர்குணகம். See Thomson meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Thomson?
Thomson is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Thomson?
Thomson is pronounced /ˈtɒm.sən/ (UK).

Words near Thomson in the dictionary

  1. Thomsen graph
  2. Thomsen graphs
  3. Thomsen's disease
  4. thomsenolite
  5. Thomsett
  6. Thomson
  7. Thomson effect
  8. Thomson effects
  9. Thomson problem
  10. Thomson process
  11. Thomson's gazelle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Thomson (page history and authors); thomson (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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