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Remington.

An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

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name/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
  1. An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

  3. A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.

  4. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.

  5. A town in Virginia.

  6. A hamlet in Ohio.

  7. A town in Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

noun/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
  1. A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.

  2. A kind of typewriter.

Where this word comes from

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

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