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Remington
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English
Etymology
The surname is from Rimington, from en ang rima edge, border + ang -ing + ang -tun settlement by the boundary stream.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
Proper noun
en English habitational Old English; en art used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.
en 2011-01-14 David Bromwich Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/15/howard-hawks-films-david-bromwich One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does. https://web.archive.org/web/20261024014548/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/15/howard-hawks-films-david-bromwich 24 October 2026
en 2008 Erik D. Stoops Serpentauria 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=HYHS1w-6jtYC&dq=remington&pg=PA19 Rafe loved Remington. He so typified the old West.
en 2000 William Blackmon The Tribulation Cycle iUniverse 231 https://books.google.com/books?id=2ahXwV5kKbEC&pg=PA231&dq=remington In jeans, a long sleeved canvas shirt and boots, Young gave the appearance of a living Remington painting as he listened quietly to Jenkins' rendition of the story.
en male surnames modern.
en town s/Indiana ; named for the founder of the town's general store.en eponyms
en neighborhood city/Baltimore s/Maryland ; named for early landowner William Remington.
en town s/Virginia.
en hamlet s/Ohio.
en town s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Remingtonocetus
Noun
A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
A kind of typewriter.
Derived terms
en Rem
en Remington raider
Anagrams
en egimnnort mentoring