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Allison
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English
Alternative forms
en Alison Alyson Allyson
Etymology
From a en enm - diminutive form of en Alan, en Alexander or en Alice -son.
Pronunciation
en /ˈælɪsən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Allison.wav Southern England
en allicin
Proper noun
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en countable en patronymics.
en Jeré Longman For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/sports/soccer/megan-rapinoe-womens-world-cup.html 2023-08-06 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230817034922/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/sports/soccer/megan-rapinoe-womens-world-cup.html
en Hannah Rabinowitz Alleged leaders of White supremacist group charged in effort to encourage terrorism and hate crimes w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/white-supremacist-terrorgram-indictment/index.html 2024-09-09 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260102084301/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/white-supremacist-terrorgram-indictment/index.html 2 January 2026
en countable en male surnames mostly before 1950.
en 1994 w:Sharyn McCrumb She Walks These Hills 81 Scribner's 0684195569 "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.
en countable en female Germanic languages 1940s and later Alison.
en 1956 w:Grace Metalious Peyton Place UPNE 1999 1555534007 Book One, Chapter 4 Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old.
en Dan Mangan Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration w:CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-freeze-court.html 2025-09-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260122162609/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-freeze-court.html 22 January 2026
en community in Moncton Parish, New Brunswick Moncton Parish, co/Westmorland County p/New Brunswick c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/La Plata County s/Colorado.
en twp co/Lawrence County s/Illinois.
en small city/county seat co/Butler County s/Iowa.
en twp co/Decatur County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Nodaway County s/Missouri.
en twp co/Clinton County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Brown County s/South Dakota.
en CDP co/Wheeler County s/Texas.
Derived terms
en Diminutives of the given name Allie Alli Ally Alie Ali Aly Al
en Allison effect
en Scallison
Anagrams
en aillnos silanol
en unisex given names
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Allison + 1
Pronunciation
Álison
Proper noun
Állisón alison
tl female English