Meanings
plural Consterdines
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Steam locomotive construction at Crewe terminated on December 15, 1958, when Class "9" 2-10-0 No. 92250 left the works to take up duty. The Mayor of Crewe, Councillor Tom Consterdine, a former railwayman, drove the engine out of the paint shop.
1959 February, “Talking of Trains: Last steam from Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 66
Origin
Probably a corruption of the personal name Constantine.
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Consterdine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Consterdine
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