Gainsborough

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8190).
  3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  5. Thomas Gainsborough, English artist.
nounGainsborough (plural Gainsboroughs)

plural Gainsboroughs

  1. informalA painting by Thomas Gainsborough.

    Our homes command extensive views, And with assistance from the Jews We have been able to dispose of Rows and rows and rows of Gainsboroughs, and Lawrences, Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's, Some of which Were rather rude.

    1928, Noël Coward, Operette
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APA

Gainsborough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gainsborough

MLA

“Gainsborough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gainsborough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gainsborough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gainsborough.

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