Crompton

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A British Rail Class 33 locomotive. British
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. countable, uncountable

Example

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"The manufacture of these muslins and of cotton quiltings was commenced in Bolton, Lancashire, by Joseph Shaw, when Crompton was about ten years of age; and from that time up to the present, no town in the world enjoys the same reputation for this class of goods as does Bolton."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology 2

Named for the installed Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.

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