Parton

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons. dated, historical
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9820). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A hamlet in Thursby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2750). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A hamlet (also called Great Parton) in Eardisley parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3148). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

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"Renowned singer/songwriter Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family’s income."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined by American physicist Richard Feynman in 1969, from part + -on.

Etymology 2

From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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