Meanings
plural Ellisons · alternative Ellyson · alternative Elison
- countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic.
“I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.
2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022 - A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- countableuncountableA township in Warren County, Illinois, United States.
Origin
Translations
Russian Э́ллисон
- Э́ллисон (Éllison)surname
Cite this entry
Ellison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ellison
“Ellison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ellison. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ellison,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ellison.
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