devon

proper noun Devons

1. countable, uncountable A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has revealed she was airlifted to hospital for surgery after slipping and injuring her leg while walking home from a beach in Devon on holiday.
2. countable, uncountable A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
3. countable, uncountable A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
4. countable, uncountable A town in Leduc County, Alberta.
5. countable, uncountable A small rural community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
6. countable, uncountable A former town in New Brunswick, amalgamated in 1945 into the city of Fredericton.
7. countable, uncountable A village and neighborhood of the city of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bourbon County, Kansas.
10. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
12. countable, uncountable A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
13. countable, uncountable An English earldom.
14. countable, uncountable A male given name "Is that his real name?" I asked, touching the corner of the picture. "Devil?" "I named him Devon James Jordan, but my oldest―my girl Sheena―she had trouble saying Devon and it came out Devil, and that stuck […]"
15. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the place name
16. countable, uncountable A male given name, variant of Devin
17. countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage. ETHAN: She's good and sweet and let me tell you somethng I've learned about myself, Dor— Darb? — Derf? — / DEVON: Devon. Just like Kevin. / ETHAN: Devon. Devon. Kevin, Devon, Kevin. Let me tell you something I've learned about myself...Devon.
18. countable, uncountable A surname.

Similar: Devonshire

noun Devons

1. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.

noun devons

1. Australia, Eastern A type of processed meat sausage. Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.

   Similar: fritz