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Pearson en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • pîr (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɪɹ.sən/ (General-American)
  • /ˈpɪə.sən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Piers + -son.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A city, the county seat of Atkinson County, Georgia, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Medina County, Texas, United States.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Ainsworth, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A ghost town in south-east Victoria, Australia.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Toronto Pearson International Airport, an airport in Mississauga, Ontario

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Pearsons Number=Plur lexicographic
Pierson alternative lexicographic
Peirson alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Pearson box · Pearson sluice · Pearson sluicebox · Pearson correlation · Fujita-Pearson scale · Pearson's long-clawed shrew · Pearson sluice box · Pearson syndrome · Neyman-Pearson lemma · Pearsonian