Dupont

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proper noun

A surname from French.

OriginFrench Dupont →
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Meanings

Dupont1

proper nounDupont (countable and uncountable, plural Duponts)

plural Duponts · alternative DuPont

  1. countableuncountableA surname from French.
  2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.
    5. countableuncountableA borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.
    6. countableuncountableA rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.
    7. countableuncountableA town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

DuPont2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Dupont.

Origin

  1. FrenchDupont
  2. EnglishDupont

Borrowed from French Dupont, meaning "of the bridge".

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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