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fremont
/ˈfɹiˌmɑnt/
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What does fremont mean?
proper noun
- A surname from French, anglicisation of Frémont.
- John C. Frémont, American explorer, military leader, and presidential candidate.
- A pre-Columbian people who dwelled in what is now Utah and parts of Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado.
More meanings (20)
proper noun
- A city in Alameda County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California.
- A ghost town in Clinton County, Illinois.
- A township and town therein, in Steuben County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Mahaska County, Iowa.
- A city in Newaygo County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in Carter County, Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Dodge County, Nebraska.
- A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Steuben County, New York.
- A town in Sullivan County, New York.
- A town in Wayne County, North Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Sandusky County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Wayne County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia.
- A neighbourhood in northern Seattle, Washington.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A town and village therein, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fremont Township.
- Ellipsis of Fremont County.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
The explorations of Fremont were still fresh in the public mind, and the country was regarded as a howling wilderness.
The western half is kept in rather poor repair these days; but from Fremont eastward it is splendid wheeling.
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The railroad which ran through this section ascended from the south-west to the north-west by Great Island, Columbus, an important Nebraska town, Schuyler, and Fremont, to Omaha.
Ben Butler, in Virginia, quickly declared slave property contraband of war, and put the fugitives to work; while Fremont, in Missouri, declared the slaves free under martial law.
It had, on various occasions, been struck by the fearful paws of his grizzly students; and the last blow, from the bear called "General Fremont," had laid open his brain so that its workings were plainly visible.