sumner

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US/ˈsʌmnɚ/UK/ˈsʌmnə/

proper noun

A surname originating as an occupation for a summoner in court.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

sumner1

nounsumner (plural sumners)

plural sumners

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of summoner.

    A sumner, / That cites her to appear

    1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Sumner2

proper noun
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a summoner in court.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, named after Charles Sumner.
    2. A small town in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
    3. A rural community of Noble County, Oklahoma.
    4. A number of other townships, listed under Sumner Township.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsumner“summoner”
  2. EnglishSumner

From Middle English sumner (“summoner”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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