name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
2. 2
   A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A place in England:; A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A place in England:; A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A place in England:; A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A place in England:; A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884). countable, uncountable
5. 5
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751). countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420). countable, uncountable
7. 7
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067). countable, uncountable
8. 8
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable
9. 9
   Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69. countable, uncountable
10. 10
    Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
11. 11
    Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.; A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. countable, uncountable
12. 12
    An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

norton-on-tees

Example

More examples

"Mr Norton is pleasant to work with."

Etymology

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

Related phrases

Burnham NortonChipping NortonCold NortonEast NortonGreens NortonHook NortonKing's NortonKings NortonLower NortonMayer-Norton theoremMidsomer NortonNorton Bridge

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.