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Whitson

Whitson is the obsolete form of Whitsun.

Meaning of Whitsun

Noun

Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)

  1. Whitsunday.
    • 1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
  2. The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
    • 1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in...

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Questions about Whitson

What is Whitson the obsolete form of?
Whitson is the obsolete form of Whitsun.

Words near Whitson in the dictionary

  1. Whitsetts
  2. Whitsey
  3. Whitseys
  4. Whitsitt
  5. Whitsitts
  6. Whitson
  7. whitsour
  8. whitsours
  9. Whitstable
  10. whitster
  11. whitsters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Whitson (page history and authors); Whitsun (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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