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vaughan

/vɔn/

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What does vaughan mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname from Welsh.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city in Ontario, Canada.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A community in West Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. A village in Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  5. An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina.
  6. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.

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IPA pronunciation

/vɔn/

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It is curious to see how even such a biographer as Archbishop Vaughan slurs over the angelic Doctor's errors.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
Mr. Humphries was a native of Philadelphia, and the intimate friend of Samuel Vaughan Merrick, founder of the eminent engineering firm of that city.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
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Come, Grey, come, Vaughan, let us here embrace.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Mr. Stanley, Colonel Vernon, and Mr. Vaughan arrived at the very end of the farce, and could find no room, but a row and a half in Lady Caroline's box.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
To the day of her death she always felt strongly on the subject of the prevention of cruelty to animals, and indeed engaged in a fierce controversy with Father Vaughan on the subject of vivisection.
Isabel, Lady Burton; W. H. (William Henry) WilkinsThe romance of Isabel Lady Burton : $b The story of her life. Volume IIProject Gutenberg ebook #6402