Kimball
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A surname from Welsh. countable
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable
"The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment."
- 3 A placename; A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A place in the United States.; A city in Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename; A place in the United States.; A city, the county seat of Kimball County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in South Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in Tennessee. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename; Ellipsis of Kimball County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Example
More examples"The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment."
Etymology
From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.
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