Nickerson

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A city in Reno County, Kansas, named after Thomas Nickerson (ATSF).
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Pine County, Minnesota, named after John Quincy Adams Nickerson.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Dodge County, Nebraska, named after Reynolds K. Nickerson.

Etymology

From a diminutive of the given name Nicholas + -son.

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