Gordon — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.

2. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.

3. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).

4. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).

5. A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.

   Examples

   Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"

6. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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   Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.

7. A place name: A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).

8. A place name: A locale in Australia. A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.

9. A place name: A locale in Australia. A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales.

10. A place name: A locale in Australia. A locality in Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.

11. A place name: A locale in Australia. A river in Tasmania, Australia.

12. A place name: A locale in Australia. A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.

13. A place name: A locale in Australia. A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

14. A place name: A locale in the United States: A town in Houston County, Alabama.

15. A place name: A locale in the United States: A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.

16. A place name: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.

17. A place name: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.

18. A place name: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.

19. A place name: A locale in the United States: A township in Todd County, Minnesota.

20. A place name: A locale in the United States: A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.

21. A place name: A locale in the United States: A village in Darke County, Ohio; named for an early settler.

22. A place name: A locale in the United States: A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.

23. A place name: A locale in the United States: A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.

24. A place name: A locale in the United States: A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.

25. A place name: A locale in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.

Noun

1. A Gordon setter.