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Dawson

  • /ˈdɔːsən/
  • /ˈdɑsən/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːsən

Where it comes from

From Daw, a Middle English pet form of David + -son.

proper noun Dawsons

  1. countable A patrilineal surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname. Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.
  3. countable, uncountable A rural locality in South Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario.
  6. countable, uncountable A creek in the Peace River region, British Columbia.

    Similar: Dawson Creek

  7. countable, uncountable A small unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Terrell County, Georgia, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
  10. countable, uncountable A city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States.
  13. countable, uncountable A small city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
  14. countable, uncountable A village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States.
  15. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
  16. countable, uncountable A tiny city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States.
  17. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Ohio, United States.
  18. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States.
  19. countable, uncountable A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  20. countable, uncountable A town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.
  21. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Austin, Texas, United States.
  22. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
  23. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Dawson City
  24. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Dawson County
  25. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Dawson Creek

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Closest in meaning: tremblay, city, jasper, yukon, surname, last-name, patronymic, cognomen, appellation, designation, sobriquet, epithet, byname, moniker, nickname, handle

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"Dawson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dawson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Dawson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dawson

Chicago

"Dawson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dawson.

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@misc{dawson_2026,
  title = {Dawson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dawson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}