Remington

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/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/

proper noun

An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.

    Rafe loved Remington. He so typified the old West.

    2008, Erik D. Stoops, Serpentauria, page 19
    2 more examples

    One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does.

    2011 January 14, David Bromwich, “Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry”, in The Guardian

    In jeans, a long sleeved canvas shirt and boots, Young gave the appearance of a living Remington painting as he listened quietly to Jenkins' rendition of the story.

    2000, William Blackmon, The Tribulation Cycle, iUniverse, page 231
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
  4. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
  5. A hamlet in Ohio.
nounRemington (plural Remingtons)

plural Remingtons

  1. A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
  2. A kind of typewriter.

Origin

  1. Old Englishrima“edge, border”
  2. EnglishRemington

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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