Plympton

P3L1Y4M3P3T1O1N1
/ˈplɪmptən/

proper noun

A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).

OriginOld English Plȳmentūn →
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Meanings

proper nounPlympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

plural Plymptons · alternative Plimpton

  1. countableuncountableA former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
  2. countableuncountableA town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
  4. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishPlȳmentūn
  2. EnglishPlympton

From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

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APA

Plympton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Plympton

MLA

“Plympton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Plympton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Plympton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Plympton.

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