Meanings
proper noun
alternative Atcheson
- A surname.
- A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.
nounAtchison (plural Atchisons)
plural Atchisons · alternative Atcheson
- historicalA former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny.
There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike.
1683, George Meriton, A York-ſhire Dialogue, In its pure Natural Dialect As it is now commonly Spoken in the North parts of York-ſshire, York: […] John White, […] Richard Lambert, page 12
Origin
The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.
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Atchison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchison
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“Atchison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchison. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atchison,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchison.
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