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Talbot¹

  • /ˈtɔːlbət/

Where it comes from

From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, courageous”).

proper noun Talbots · Talbott · Talbut · Talbutt · Taulbut

  1. uncountable, usually An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin. Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.
  2. uncountable, usually A male given name.
  3. uncountable, usually An earldom in the British peerage
  4. uncountable, usually A former brand of English motor car.
  5. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana, United States.
  6. uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
  7. uncountable, usually A town in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.

talbot²

Where it comes from

After Henry Fox Talbot, a 19th-century pioneer of photography.

noun talbots

  1. An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.

talbot³

Where it comes from

Possibly after a Norman family Talbot

noun talbots

  1. A type of hound with broad mouth and large ears, once used for hunting and tracking.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: talbott, lago, sunbeam, scent hound, hunting dog, dog, hound, sleuth-hound, bloodhound, staghound, tracker, packhound, mastiff, beagle, foxhound, harrier

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@misc{talbot_2026,
  title = {talbot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/talbot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}