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Paxton
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English
Etymology
From en ang *Pæcces + ang tun tūn settlement of (a person named) ang *Pæcc.
Proper noun
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en English habitational Old English.
en Erum Salam US supreme court allows border patrol to cut razor wire installed by Texas w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/supreme-court-remove-texas-razor-wire-mexico-border-biden 2024-01-22 Last week, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton rejected orders for the state to stop controlling Shelby Park, a public park and entry point into the US. https://web.archive.org/web/20240329064044/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/supreme-court-remove-texas-razor-wire-mexico-border-biden
en Arlette Saenz James Talarico defeats Jasmine Crockett to win Democratic primary in Texas Senate race w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/james-talarico-texas-senate-primary 2026-03-04 He will face either US Sen. John Cornyn or Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who will head to a May 26 runoff. https://web.archive.org/web/20260308211757/https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/james-talarico-texas-senate-primary
en male surnames.
A placename:
en village co/Berwickshire carea/Scottish Borders cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT9353.
en locale c/US:
en CDP co/Plumas County s/California.
en town s/Florida.
en city/county seat co/Ford County s/Illinois ; named for English gardener and architect en Joseph Paxton.
en unincorporated community s/Indiana.
en town co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts ; named for Charles Paxton, a marshal of an admiralty court. TopoZone: Paxton, Massachusetts
en village s/Nebraska ; named for rancher W. A. Paxton.
en unincorporated community s/West Virginia.
en village s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Great Paxton Lower Paxton
See also
en -ton pax town
References
en terms suffixed with -ton