clinton
/ˈklɪn.tn̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A surname.
name
A surname.
name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
name
A placename:
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A placename:
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A placename:
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A placename:
Example Sentences
- "Miller suffered a little when Glen Chapple and Mark Clinton came together but finished the spell with figures of five for 35 from 11 overs, mirroring the performances earlier when Chapple and Mahmood undermined the Warwickshire innings."
- "Just as Hillary Rodham Clinton famously put "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling" for women in high office, so there are a number of corporate executives who are doing the same for the lavender ceiling faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. It's just a matter of time before they are promoted to the top job."
- "Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001."
- "Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013."
Etymology
* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton. * (given name): Derived from the surnames. * (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.