Phillips

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/ˈfɪlɪps/

proper noun

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

CommonScrabble 15

Meanings

Phillips1

proper nounPhillips (countable and uncountable, plural Phillipses)

plural Phillipses · alternative Philips · alternative Philipps

  1. countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.

    Thus we might ask Wittgenstein and Phillips if the structure of family resemblance does not dissolve the dichotomy of internal/external to which their semantic and criteriologic pragmatic contextualism is connected.

    2012, Jan-Olav Henriksen, Tage Kurtén, Crisis and Change: Religion, Ethics and Theology under Late Modern Conditions, →ISBN
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA township in White County, Illinois.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Franklin County, Maine.
    3. countableuncountableA community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
    5. countableuncountableA small town in Coal County, Oklahoma.
    6. countableuncountableA ghost town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
    7. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Price County, Wisconsin.
nounPhillips (plural Phillips or Phillipses)

plural Phillipses · alternative Philips · alternative Philipps

Phillips2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Phillip

Origin

Phillips · proper noun, noun

From Phillip + -s.

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Phillips · proper noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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