Dawson

Definition: Dawson

Dawson

Noun

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

"Dawson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".

Date "Dawson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Dawson (Bully). A noted London sharper, who swaggered and led a most abandoned life about Blackfriars, in the reign of Charles II. (See Jemmy Dawson.) "Bully Dawson kicked by half the town, and half the town kicked by Bully Dawson." - Charles Lamb. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Dawson is the name of several places in the world:

Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada
Dawson, Alabama, United States of America
Dawson, Georgia, United States of America
Dawson, Illinois, United States of America
Dawson, Iowa, United States of America
Dawson, Minnesota, United States of America
Dawson, Nebraska, United States of America
Dawson, North Dakota, United States of America
Dawson, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Dawson, Texas, United States of America
Dawson County, Georgia, United States of America
Dawson County, Montana, United States of America
Dawson County, Nebraska, United States of America
Dawson County, Texas, United States of America

There is also Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

Synonyms by domain: Blake Dawson Waldron (law), dawson wheel (industry), pattern wheel, traverse wheel.

Crosswords: Dawson

Specialty definitions using "Dawson": 15428 ♦ 24910 ♦ 35963 ♦ 42408 ♦ 50066, 56232, 58428 ♦ 62520, 68337 ♦ 76639 ♦ Blake Dawson Waldron ♦ Gopher-wood ♦ Jemmy Dawson. (references)

Etymologies containing "Dawson": Dawsonite. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Tell us of the accommodations in steerage, Mr. Dawson. I hear they are quite good on this ship. (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) Maybe if we work at it we can get Dawson charged with Kennedy assassination. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) You're not getting the brush off. Are you just going to come here and go all Dawson on me every time I have a boyfriend? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Richard Dawson just sits there until it's time to go back and play the feud alright! (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith) It's all set. Dawson told me which bullets I needed and he even ordered them for me. ('Night Mother; writing credit: Marsha Norman)
Movie/TV Titles	This Man Dawson (1959) Devil Dog Dawson (1921) Dawson City Burro Pack Train on Main Street (1901) Poker at Dawson City (1899) The Les Dawson Show (1978)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Dawson Geophysical Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Dawson Holdings PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Dawson International plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Chevrolet Saturdays: Candy Dawson Boyd (A Puffin Novel) (reference) Life on the Road: The Incredible Rock and Roll Adventures of Dinky Dawson (reference) The Eclipse of Moonbeam Dawson (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dawson County Banner (reference) Peace River Dawson Creek Bc Telephone Directory (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Handel - Messiah / Cleobury, Dawson, Summers, Brandenburg Consort (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Handel - Ariodante / von Otter, Dawson, Cangemi, Podles, Croft, Sedov, Coadou, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski (reference) The Connoisseur's Peter Dawson (reference) Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner (reference) Handel - L'Allegro, il Pensoroso el il Moderato / Brandes, Dawson, Daniels, Bostridge, Miles, Nelson (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[John L. Dawson, M.D.] / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Falk..		[James Robertson Dawson, Jr.].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Katavolos, P., Armstrong, P.M, Dawson, J.E., & Telford, S.R. III (1998). Duration of tick attachment required for transmission of granulocytic ehrlichiosis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Dawson" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "Dawson" is used about 491 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.8%	490	12,222
Noun (common)	0.2%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	491	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Dawson" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Dawson	Last name	35,000	307
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Dawson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".

The following table summarizes names related to "Dawson."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Davena	Female	N/A	David
Davinia	Female	N/A	David
Dawud	Male	Arabic	David
David	Male	Biblical	N/A
Daveth	Male	Cornish	David
David	Male	Czech	N/A
Dave	Male	English	David
Davey	Male	English	David
David	Male	English	N/A
Davida	Female	English	David
Davie	Male	English	David
Davina	Female	English	David
Davis	Male	English	David
Davy	Male	English	David
Dawson	Male	English	David
Taavetti	Male	Finnish	David
Taavi	Male	Finnish	David
David	Male	French	N/A
Dávid	Male	Hungarian	David
Daud	Male	Indian	David
Daithí	Male	Irish	David
Davide	Male	Italian	David
David	Male	Jewish	N/A
Dovid	Male	Jewish	David
Dudel	Male	Jewish	David
Dawid	Male	Polish	David
David	Male	Russian	N/A
Dàibhidh	Male	Scottish	David
Daividh	Male	Scottish	David
Dafydd	Male	Welsh	David
Dai	Male	Welsh	David
Dewey	Male	Welsh	David
Dewi	Male	Welsh	David
Taffy	Male	Welsh	David
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Country	Name	Country	Name
United Kingdom	Dawson Holdings PLC	USA	Dawson Geophysical Company
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1. Dawson, AL
Zip Code(s): 35963
Country: USA

2. Dawson, GA (city, FIPS 21912)
Location: 31.77167 N, 84.44398 W
Population (1990): 5295 (2011 housing units)
Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

3. Dawson, IA (city, FIPS 19135)
Location: 41.84312 N, 94.21992 W
Population (1990): 174 (73 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 50066
Country: USA

4. Dawson, IL (village, FIPS 18745)
Location: 39.85383 N, 89.46271 W
Population (1990): 536 (201 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 62520
Country: USA

5. Dawson, MN (city, FIPS 14968)
Location: 44.92885 N, 96.04902 W
Population (1990): 1626 (747 housing units)
Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 56232
Country: USA

6. Dawson, ND (city, FIPS 18260)
Location: 46.86815 N, 99.75212 W
Population (1990): 78 (50 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58428
Country: USA

7. Dawson, NE (village, FIPS 12420)
Location: 40.13092 N, 95.82977 W
Population (1990): 157 (84 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 68337
Country: USA

8. Dawson, PA (borough, FIPS 18360)
Location: 40.04782 N, 79.65890 W
Population (1990): 535 (214 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 15428
Country: USA

9. Dawson, TX (town, FIPS 19420)
Location: 31.89375 N, 96.71399 W
Population (1990): 766 (408 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 76639
Country: USA

10. Dawson, WV
Zip Code(s): 24910
Country: USA

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Expression: Dawson

Expressions using "Dawson": Blake Dawson Waldron ♦ Dawson County ♦ Dawson Springs ♦ dawson wheel. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Dawson": Dawson-porter, Dawson-shephard, Dawson-williams.
	Ending with "Dawson": Montague-dawson.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dawson

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
rosario dawson	757
dawson	345
kim dawson	305
dawson college	177
richard dawson	156
dawson s creek	145
roxann dawson	90
dawson city	85
dawson minnesota	57
dawson pic rosario	49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Dawson

Language		Translations for "Dawson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		mønsterhjul (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Dutch		patroonwiel (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Esperanto		Dosonkriko (Dawson Creek). (various references)

French		roues � dessin (dawson wheel). (various references)

German		Musterrad (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Greek		δίσκος σχεδίου (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Italian		ruota modello (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Pig Latin		awsonday.(various references)

Portuguese		tambor de debuxo (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel), roda de debuxo (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)

Spanish		rueda de diseño (dawson wheel, pattern wheel, traverse wheel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dawson

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Dawson": dawsonite, dawsonites. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dawson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adson, Dassin, Dauson, Davson, dawsoni, Dawston, Dawstone, Dayson, Derson, Dyason. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Dawson

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-s-w"
	-1 letter: adown, dawns, donas, downs, wands, woads.
	-2 letters: ados, ands, awns, dawn, daws, dona, dons, down, dows, naos, nods, nows, owns, sand, sawn, snaw, snow, soda, sown, swan, wads, wand, wans, woad, wons.
	-3 letters: ado, ads, and, awn, daw, don, dos, dow, naw, nod, nos, now, ods, ons, own, sad, saw, sod, son, sow, wad, wan, was, won, wos.
	-4 letters: ad, an, as, aw, do, na, no, od, on, os, ow, so, wo.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o-s-w"
	+1 letter: onwards.
	+2 letters: advowson, cowhands, downcast, downwash, lowlands, nowadays, sandworm, sandwort, snowland, swordman, woodsman.
	+3 letters: advowsons, browbands, cordwains, daneworts, dawsonite, downbeats, downcasts, downfalls, downhauls, downlands, downloads, downplays, downscale, downstage, downstate, downwards, drawdowns, facedowns, handworks, loanwords, markdowns, pastedown, phasedown, playdowns, plowlands, sandworms, sandworts, satinwood, shadowing, shakedown, snowboard, snowlands, swansdown, swordsman, takedowns, teardowns, wahcondas, wanderoos, womanised, woodlands.
	+4 letters: bandwagons, breakdowns, clampdowns, coxswained, crackdowns, dawsonites, disavowing, downdrafts, downgrades, downscaled, downscales, downstages, downstairs, downstater, downstates, downstream, downwashes, drawnworks, frontwards, handiworks, lancewoods, landowners, lowlanders, northwards, pandowdies, pastedowns, phasedowns, rawinsonde, sandalwood, satinwoods, shakedowns, snowballed, snowboards, snowcapped, splashdown, swansdowns, wainscoted, womanhoods, wyandottes.
	+5 letters: beshadowing, candlewoods, cordwainers, disallowing, downscaling, downstaters, forwardness, frowardness, handbarrows, handworkers, landownings, meadowlands, orangewoods, outwardness, rawinsondes, sandalwoods, shadowiness, snowboarder, splashdowns, stonewalled, stonewashed, wainscotted, windowpanes, wonderlands, woodenheads, woodenwares, woodlanders, workarounds, wraparounds.
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