Campbell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæmbəl/
rhymes: -æmbəl
Forms: form: Campbells
Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).
* As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell.
* As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above.
* (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.
Senses: examples: text: But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them.
ref: 2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³
ref: 2011 November 24, Carlton F.W. Larson, “Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights”, in George Washington Law Review, volume 80, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025, pages 160-161:
glosses: A characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Santa Clara County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Osceola County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dunklin County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Steuben County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Kintyre, Emmons County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Mahoning County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Hunt County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town on a Mississippi island in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Campbell Township.
glosses: A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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glosses: Ellipsis of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., a 1994 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that commercial parodies can be subject to fair use.
Derived terms: Campbell County
Campbellian
Campbellism
Campbellite
Campbell Park
Campbell River
Campbellsburg
Campbellsville
Campbellton
Campbelltown
Williams-Campbell syndrome