quinton

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/ˈkwɪn.tən/

noun

A type of violin that had five strings

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Meanings

quinton1

nounquinton (plural quintons)

plural quintons

  1. entertainmentA type of violin that had five strings

Quinton2

proper nounQuinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

plural Quintons

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from Latin.
  2. countableuncountableA patronymic and habitational surname from Old English.
  3. countableuncountableA historical village, small town, and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9984).
  4. countableuncountableA civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England.
  5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England.
  6. countableuncountableA village in the Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
    2. countableuncountableA township and census-designated place therein, in Salem County, New Jersey.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
    4. countableuncountableA small unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia.

Origin

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

Quintin
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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