Calvert

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proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

proper nounCalvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

plural Calverts

  1. countableuncountableA surname.

    Maps for new House of Representatives districts would be created — splitting up red cities that support Republicans Ken Calvert of Corona and Darrell Issa of San Diego County, according to new maps drawn by Democrats.

    2025 October 2, Madison Hart, “Temecula City Council declares opposition to Prop. 50”, in The Press-Enterprise
  2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6824).

    Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.

    2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48
  3. countableuncountableA community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  4. countableuncountableA city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcalfhirde
  2. EnglishCalvert

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

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Cite this entry
APA

Calvert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvert

MLA

“Calvert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvert. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Calvert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvert.

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