Caldwell

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/ˈkɔːldwɛl/

proper noun

A locality in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

CommonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounCaldwell (countable and uncountable, plural Caldwells)

plural Caldwells · alternative Caudwell · alternative Cauldwell

  1. countableuncountableA locality in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
  2. countableuncountableA community in New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA small village in Cauldwell parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2517).
  4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1613).
  5. countableuncountableA locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  6. countableuncountableA town in Liberia.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA city in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
    2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Fresno County, California.
    3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Sumner County, Kansas.
    5. countableuncountableA borough in Essex County, New Jersey.
    6. countableuncountableA village, the county seat of Noble County, Ohio.
    7. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Burleson County, Texas.
  8. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

    But today they’re Darrell and Devante Caldwell, co-defendants in royal blue prison garb. Along with six others, the Caldwells are alleged to have botched a hit on the rapper RJ, leaving one alleged Inglewood Family Bloods member, Davion Gregory, dead and two other people injured.

    2019 February 5, Torii MacAdams, “The New Generation of LA Rap Is Changing Everything”, in VICE

Origin

  1. Old Englishcald“cold”
  2. EnglishCaldwell

From Old English cald (“cold”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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