dearborn

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UK/ˈdɪəbɔːn/Canada, US/ˈdɪɹboɹn/Australia/ˈdɪəboːn/New Zealand/ˈdiəboːn/

noun

A light four-wheeled wagon.

OriginMiddle English Daborne ← Old Northern French d'Arborn →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

dearborn1

noundearborn (plural dearborns)

plural dearborns · alternative Dearborn

  1. A light four-wheeled wagon.

    It was somewhat hazardous to venture out with them at that time of day, but he loaded some in a dearborn so as to give them the appearance of going to a colored Quarterly Meeting, then in session near by.

    1883, Robert Clemens Smedley, History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania, page 290

Dearborn2

proper nounDearborn (countable and uncountable, plural Dearborns)

plural Dearborns

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.

    The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah’s seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends.

    2025 October 8, Stephen Starr, “‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2025
  3. countableuncountableA city in Buchanan County and Platte County, Missouri, United States.
  4. countableuncountableDearborn County.
nounDearborn (plural Dearborns)

plural Dearborns

  1. Alternative letter-case form of dearborn.

Origin

dearborn · noun

Named for the inventor.

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Dearborn · proper noun, noun

  1. Old Northern Frenchd'Arborn
  2. Middle EnglishDaborne
  3. EnglishDearborn

From Middle English Daborne, Dabernoun, from Old Northern French d'Arborn (literally “of Arbornon”).

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

Chicago

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

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