Tecumseh

T1E1C3U1M3S1E1H4

proper noun

A male given name.

OriginShawnee Tekámthi →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name.

    Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.

    1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271
  2. A placename:
    1. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65.
    3. An unincorporated census-designated place in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
    4. An unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
    5. An unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.
    6. A city and township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.
    7. An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
    8. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.
    9. A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Origin

  1. ShawneeTekámthi
  2. EnglishTecumseh

Borrowed from Shawnee Tekámthi.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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