Meanings
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Maj. Gen. Goddfrey T. McHugh, the Air Force aide, and Capt. Tazewell Shepard, the Naval aide, are expected to receive other assignments shortly and not be replaced.
1964 January 10, “Gilpatric Quits as Defense Aide […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
The depression prevented earlier attempts to reorganize the company. In July of 1943, however, Tazewell Taylor of Norfolk, Va., who had been appointed special master to report upon a plan of reorganization, submitted his plan to the courts.
1946 August 1, “Seabord Air Line Ends Receivership […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSo it is at Manhattan Theater Club’s Stage 2, where Charlayne Woodard is presenting her touching and engrossing “Neat,” directed by Tazewell Thompson, through Feb. 9.
1997 January 11, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Beloved and Frustrating, A Brain-Damaged Aunt”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015 - A town, the county seat of Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Tazewell County, Virginia, United States.
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