Remington

//ˈɹɛmɪŋtən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
  2. 2
    A kind of typewriter.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

    "One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. 3
    A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
  4. 4
    A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
  5. 5
    A town in Virginia.
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  1. 6
    A hamlet in Ohio.
  2. 7
    A town in Wisconsin.

Synonyms

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gunpainter

Example

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"Remington spent several months in Havana."

Etymology

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

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Remington raider

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