Definition of Dawson

1. Noun. A town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike.

Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Yukon, Yukon Territory

Definition of Dawson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawson

Davy lamp
Davy lamps
Davys
Dawbarn's sign
Dawe
Dawega
Dawes
Dawida
Dawinka
Dawkes
Dawkin
Dawkins
Dawkinsian
Dawn
Daws
Dawson (current term)
Dawson's encephalitis
Daxter
Day
Day's test
Day-Glo
Day of Atonement
Day of Judgement
Day of Judgment
Dayak
Dayaks
Dayan
Daybreak
Dayes
Daygo

Literary usage of Dawson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"15671 plainants something over $4000 in addition to the amount assumed by Dawson, but complainants rejected that proposition; and that complainants tried to ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Chapter 5 The Alaska Highway Dawson Creek History D Dawson Creek is Mile Zero ... IN THIS CHAPTER Dawson Creek Fort St. John 152 Fort Nelson 155 Muncho Lake ..."

3. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"Mr. Dawson also edited the "Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer ... 18944 Dawson (JB) Address to the Electors of the Second Congressional ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"lu Je 9 '17 Dawson, Albert Foster Patriotic summons. Bankers M 95:347-8 S '17 Dawson, Albert K. Shall we annex a French volcano? ..."

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