coates

C3O1A1T1E1S1
UK/kəʊts/US/koʊts/

proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

coates1

noun
  1. pluralplural of coate

Coates2

proper nounCoates (countable and uncountable, plural Coates or Coateses)

plural Coateses

  1. countableA surname.

    In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.

    2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN
  2. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3097).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).
    3. countableuncountableA suburban area in Barnoldswick parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8847).
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Stow parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, seemingly the same as Coates by Stow (OS grid ref SK9083).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in North Leverton with Habblesthorpe parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8281).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in Barlavington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9917).
    7. countableuncountableA suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2373).
    8. countableuncountableA minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Coate

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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