Keaton

//ˈkitən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States, named after a local family.

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joseph francis keaton

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"Buster Keaton was one of Hollywood’s greatest silent comics."

Etymology

A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).

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