Chadburn

English

Etymology

(surname): Variant of Chatburn.
(telegraph): From the name of the manufacturing company, Chadburn's Telegraph Company of Liverpool.

Proper noun

Chadburn (plural Chadburns)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Chadburn is the 62714^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 319 individuals. Chadburn is most common among White (94.04%) individuals.

Noun

Chadburn (plural Chadburns)

(nautical, historical) Synonym of engine order telegraph

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chadburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313.

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