Whitefield

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proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Whitfield

  1. A surname.

    Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
  2. A number of places in England:
    1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).
    2. A hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9094).
    3. A suburb of Nelson, Pendle district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8537).
    4. A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST0729).
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Lincoln County, Maine, named after George Whitefield.
    2. A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, named after Edwin Whitefield.
    3. A town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, also named after George Whitefield.

Translations

Hindi वाइटफ़ील्ड
  • वाइटफ़ील्ड (vāiṭfīlḍ)a neighbourhood of Bangalore, India
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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