Adams

plural Adamses · alternative rare Addams

1. countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic derived from Adam.

   Maplewood, New Jersey Mayor Nancy Adams said her community banned gas-powered blowers in January 2023.

   2024 June 20, Wayne Parry, “U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2024

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
   2. countableuncountableFormer name of Corte Madera, California.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
   6. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   7. countableuncountableA minor city in Mower County, Minnesota.
   8. countableuncountableA minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
   9. countableuncountableA village in Gage County, Nebraska.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
   11. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Jefferson County, New York.
   12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
   13. countableuncountableA minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
   14. countableuncountableA former community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
   15. countableuncountableA minor city in Robertson County, Tennessee.
   16. countableuncountableA city and town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
   17. countableuncountableA town in Green County, Wisconsin.
   18. countableuncountableA town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
   19. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   20. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Adams Township.
3. countableuncountableA municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
4. countableuncountableThe only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

plural Adamses · alternative rare Addams

1. fishingA kind of dry fly primarily used for trout.

   Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […]

   1991, Ed Engle, Fly Fishing the Tailwaters, page 96

1. pluralplural of Adam