Etymology

Remington

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Today it means: A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms. Full definition →

Old English rima
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromrima“edge, border”
  2. English todayRemington

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

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