Clinton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪn.tn̩/
ipa: /klɪn.tən/
ipa: [ˈklɪnʔn̩]
ipa: [ˈklɪnʔən]
rhymes: -ɪntən
Etymology: * (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
* (given name): Derived from the surnames.
* (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.
Senses: examples: text: Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”
ref: 2024 August 26, Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s personal attacks aren’t just who he is. They’re his strategy”, in CNN:
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A surname from Irish.
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Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Hillary Clinton, 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
synonyms: Hildebeast
Hitlery
HRC
Killary
Shillary
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An English habitational surname from Old English from a river and city 15 miles NW of Oxford, England named "Glinton" or "Glympton".
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A town and suburb of Gladstone, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
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A town and locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
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A small town in South Otago, New Zealand.
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A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
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A community in Central Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
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An unincorporated community in Greene County, Alabama.
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A city, the county seat of Van Buren County, Arkansas.
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An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
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A neighbourhood of Oakland, Alameda County, California.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
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An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia.
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A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois. Named after DeWitt Clinton.
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An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Ripley County, Indiana.
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A city in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
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A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa.
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An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas.
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A home rule city, the county seat of Hickman County, Kentucky.
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A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Kennebec County, Maine.
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A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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A township and village therein, in Lenawee County, Michigan.
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A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
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A city in Hinds County, Mississippi.
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A city, the county seat of Henry County, Missouri.
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An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri.
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A census-designated place in Missoula County, Montana.
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A village in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
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A town in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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A town in Clinton County, New York.
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A town in Dutchess County, New York.
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A village in Oneida County, New York.
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A city, the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina.
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A village in Summit County, Ohio.
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A city in Custer County and Washita County, Oklahoma.
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A census-designated place in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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A city in Laurens County, South Carolina.
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A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Tennessee.
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A ghost town in DeWitt County, Texas.
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An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas.
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A city in Davis County, Utah.
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An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
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A census-designated place on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.
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An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia.
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A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.
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A town and village therein, in Rock County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clinton Township.
Derived terms: Aston Clinton
Clint
Clinton County
Clintonesque
Clintonian
Clintoniana
Clintonism
Clintonist
Clintonista
Clintonite
Clintonization
Clintonize
Clintonland
Clinton News Network
Clintonomics
Clintonworld
Port Clinton