Cargill

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UK/ˈkɑːɡɪl/

proper noun

A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).

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Meanings

proper nounCargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

plural Cargills

  1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).
  2. countableuncountableA community in Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

    When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.

    2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022

Origin

Probably from Pictish. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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