Hudson

plural Hudsons

1. countableAn English surname originating as a patronymic.
2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; named for Argentine-English author William Henry Hudson.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Quebec, Canada, an off-island suburb of Montreal.
   3. countableuncountableA township in Ontario, Canada.
   4. countableuncountableA river in the United States, flowing from Lake Tear of the Clouds in Keene, New York into the Upper New York Bay at New York City; named for English explorer Henry Hudson.

      Synonyms: Hudson River

   5. countableuncountableA town in Weld County, Colorado; named for its town company, Hudson City Land and Improvement Co..
   6. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida; named for founder Isaac Hudson.
   7. countableuncountableA village in McLean County, Illinois; named for the river.
   8. countableuncountableA town in Salem Township and Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
   9. countableuncountableA city in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
   10. countableuncountableA minor city in Stafford County, Kansas.
   11. countableuncountableA town in Penobscot County, Maine; named for the town in Massachusetts.
   12. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts statesman Charles Hudson.
   13. countableuncountableA city in Lenawee County, Michigan; named for landowner Dr. Daniel Hudson.
   14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri; named for Henry Hudson.
   15. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
   16. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Columbia County, New York; named for the river.
   17. countableuncountableA town in Caldwell County, North Carolina; named for early settlers Monroe and Johnny Hudson.
   18. countableuncountableA city in Summit County, Ohio; named for businessman and founder David Hudson.
   19. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
   20. countableuncountableA town in Lincoln County, South Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
   21. countableuncountableA city in Angelina County, Texas.
   22. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of St. Croix County, Wisconsin; named for the river.
   23. countableuncountableA town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, that surrounds the city.
   24. countableuncountableA town in Fremont County, Wyoming; named for landowner John T. Hudson.
   25. countableuncountableA number of townships, including in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (3), Minnesota and Missouri, listed under Hudson Township.

plural Hudsons

1. An automobile manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.
2. CanadaUSrail transportA steam locomotive of the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

   The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!

   1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 613