Campbell

plural Campbells

1. countableuncountableA characteristical surname from Scottish Gaelic.

   But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them.

   2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

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   The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³

   2011 November 28, Carlton F.W. Larson, “Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights”, in George Washington Law Review, volume 80, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025, pages 160-161

2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Santa Clara County, California.
   3. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Osceola County, Florida.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Delta County, Michigan.
   5. countableuncountableA minor city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
   6. countableuncountableA city in Dunklin County, Missouri.
   7. countableuncountableA village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
   8. countableuncountableA town with hamlet and census-designated place therein, in Steuben County, New York.
   9. countableuncountableFormer name of Kintyre, Emmons County, North Dakota.
   10. countableuncountableA city in Mahoning County, Ohio.
   11. countableuncountableA minor city in Hunt County, Texas.
   12. countableuncountableA town on a Mississippi island in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
   13. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Campbell Township.
5. countableuncountableA town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
6. countableuncountableA suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
7. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablecopyrightEllipsis of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., a 1994 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that commercial parodies can be subject to fair use.

plural Campbells

1. A British breed of domestic duck developed at Uley, in Gloucestershire, England, at the turn of the 20th century.