Meanings
Phillips1
plural Phillipses · alternative Philips · alternative Philipps
- 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 - A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
- countableuncountableA township in White County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA town in Franklin County, Maine.
- countableuncountableA community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- countableuncountableA village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
- countableuncountableA small town in Coal County, Oklahoma.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Price County, Wisconsin.
plural Phillipses · alternative Philips · alternative Philipps
Phillips2
- pluralplural of Phillip
Origin
Phillips · proper noun
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Phillips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phillips
“Phillips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phillips. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Phillips,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phillips.
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