Chisholm

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A town in Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable

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"As the great Shirley Chisholm once said, “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begin when the doctor says, ‘It’s a girl.’” And that has consequences for all of us, whether we’re men or women, black, white, gay, straight, transgender or otherwise."

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).

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