Allison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælɪsən/
homophone: allicin
Forms: form: Allisons
form: Alison
form: Alyson
form: Allyson
Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.
Senses: examples: text: While Rapinoe has acknowledged her white privilege, said Allison, the sociology professor, she received outsize attention for her racial activism without experiencing the harsh consequences that Black athletes historically receive for protests.
ref: 2023 August 6, Jeré Longman, “For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:
text: To that end, prosecutors allege that Allison and Humber pushed their followers to attack minority communities, government infrastructure, politicians, government officials and the leaders of private companies – some of whom, including a US senator and a federal judge, were included in a detailed list of “high value targets” for assassination.
ref: 2024 September 9, Hannah Rabinowitz, “Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
examples: text: "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name.
"It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times.
ref: 1994, Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Scribner's, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage.
examples: text: Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.
ref: 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book One, Chapter 4:
text: Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.
ref: 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison.
glosses: A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Lawrence County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Butler County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Decatur County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nodaway County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Brown County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Wheeler County, Texas.
Derived terms: sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Al
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Ali
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Alie
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Alli
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Allie
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Ally
sense: Diminutives of the given name
word: Aly
word: Allison effect
word: Scallison