Dawson

plural Dawsons

1. countableA patrilineal surname.
2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

   Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.

   2026 September 4, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2026

3. A placename
   1. countableuncountableA rural locality in South Australia.
   2. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria.
   3. countableuncountableA township in the Rainy River District, Ontario.
   4. countableuncountableA creek in the Peace River region, British Columbia.

      Synonyms: Dawson Creek

   5. countableuncountableA small unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
   6. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Terrell County, Georgia, United States.
   7. countableuncountableA village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
   8. countableuncountableA city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States.
   11. countableuncountableA small city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
   12. countableuncountableA village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States.
   13. countableuncountableA ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
   14. countableuncountableA tiny city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States.
   15. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Shelby County, Ohio, United States.
   16. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States.
   17. countableuncountableA borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   18. countableuncountableA town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.
   19. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Austin, Texas, United States.
   20. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
   21. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Dawson City.
   22. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Dawson County.
   23. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Dawson Creek.