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abbott
/ˈæbət/
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What does abbott mean?
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, named after F. M. Abbott.
More meanings (7)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Hall County, Nebraska, named after Othman A. Abbott.
- A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
- A minor city in Hill County, Texas, named after Joseph Abbott.
- An unincorporated community in Craig County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, named after postmaster Charles A. Abbott.
- A locality in Monte Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæbət/
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Then he knocked and said, 'Miss Abbott,' and I went in and the door closed behind me.
Also I have, like Dr. Abbott, many radical friends who are still laboring under error.
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The Mohegan Indians have called it "the bird that never rests"--a name better suited to the tireless barn swallow, Dr. Abbott thinks.
Dr. Abbott commenced by gathering a very extensive collection, carefully searching his section of country and gathering all specimens of artificially shaped stones.
Before this unhappy Dr. Abbott stretch long, wearisome weeks of readjustment, weeks of physical pain and mental discomfort, weeks, let us hope, of soul-prodding remorse.