Canfield

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

Canfield1

proper nounCanfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

plural Canfields · alternative Camfield · alternative Campfield · alternative Cansfield

  1. countableA surname.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableA community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.

Canfield2

nounCanfield (uncountable)

alternative Camfield · alternative Campfield · alternative Cansfield

  1. A solitaire or patience card game.
    1. UKuncountablecard gamesThe game of Klondike.
    2. USuncountablecard gamesThe game of Demon.

      I went over by the card table and looked down at the game. It was Canfield.

      1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 238

Origin

Canfield · proper noun

Two main origins: * Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”). * Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

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Canfield · noun

Named after US gambler Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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