Bigelow

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US/ˈbɪɡəloʊ/

proper noun

A surname from Middle English.

OriginMiddle English big →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounBigelow (countable and uncountable, plural Bigelows)

plural Bigelows · alternative Biglow

  1. countableA surname from Middle English.

    Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.

    2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableA town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.
    2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbig“big”
  2. EnglishBigelow

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).

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APA

Bigelow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bigelow

MLA

“Bigelow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bigelow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bigelow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bigelow.

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