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coates

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What does coates mean?

noun

  1. plural of coate

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3097).
More meanings (8)

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).
  2. A suburban area in Barnoldswick parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8847).
  3. A hamlet in Stow parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, seemingly the same as Coates by Stow (OS grid ref SK9083).
  4. A hamlet in North Leverton with Habblesthorpe parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8281).
  5. A hamlet in Barlavington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9917).
  6. A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2373).
  7. A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
  8. plural of Coate

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Colonel Coates dared not longer trust himself in the open country in the face of a cavalry so active and powerful.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
Coates, in like manner, threw the plank off Huger's bridge, and proceeded rapidly for Quimby.
William Dobein JamesA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His BrigadeProject Gutenberg ebook #923
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Coates and Young, though it was but a mere cockle-shell compared with the mighty ocean steamers which are now regularly launched from Queen's Island.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
On this subject I should recommend the reader to consult Coates' "Photographing the Invisible," which states, in a thoughtful and moderate way, the evidence for this most remarkable phase, and illustrates it with many examples.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Vital MessageProject Gutenberg ebook #439
Only recently, however, through the writings of Buel, Otto, Hay, Coates, and others, has the hereditary nature of the malady and its curious mode of transmission through the female line been known.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747