Meanings
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
“Sanford Finkelstein,” Danielle repeats. “Listen, isn't he the one that ostrich is based on, in your books?” “Well, I suppose in a way.” Erica smiles. “It was the name mostly. Sanford seemed like a good name for an ostrich.”
1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN1 more example
But all this still does not rise to the level of a constitutional crisis, according to Jack Balkin, a Yale law professor who has written in depth about the term along with University of Texas professor Sanford Levinson. Democrats in Congress can go to the courts to have their subpoenas enforced, although Balkin said that is not an ideal path.
2019 May 8, Zachary B. Wolf, “How to know when it’s a constitutional crisis”, in CNN - An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A small town in Covington County, Alabama.
- A small statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado.
- A sizable city, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida.
- A city in York County, Maine.
- A village in Midland County, Michigan.
- A town in Broome County, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Lee County, North Carolina.
- A small town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
Origin
Reduced variant of Sandford.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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