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Paxton

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From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).

proper noun Paxtons

  1. countable, uncountable An English habitational surname from Old English. Last week, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton rejected orders for the state to stop controlling Shelby Park, a public park and entry point into the US.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9353).
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Florida.
  6. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Ford County, Illinois; named for English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Indiana.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts; named for Charles Paxton, a marshal of an admiralty court.
  9. countable, uncountable A village in Nebraska; named for rancher W. A. Paxton.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stickleback, paxman, paxson, paxford, paxtor, pakenham, payton, baxenden, padley, potton, yaxley, saxton, pennix, plympton, picton, axton

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MLA

"Paxton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paxton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{paxton_2026,
  title = {Paxton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paxton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}