Plympton

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Plympton

/ˈplɪmptən/

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From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

proper noun Plymptons · Plimpton

countable, uncountable A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
countable, uncountable A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
countable, uncountable A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{plympton_2026,
  title = {Plympton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plympton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}