"Tim Hortons" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Tim Hortonses [plural]
Etymology: The business was founded by Tim Horton (1930–1974), a Canadian hockey player. The chain's first store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario, under the name “Tim Horton Donuts”; the name was later abbreviated to “Tim Horton's” and then, in 1993, changed to “Tim Hortons” without the possessive apostrophe, to better fit the French-speaking market in Québec. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Tim Hortonses|head=Tim Hortons}} Tim Hortons (plural Tim Hortonses)
  1. A Canadian multinational fast food restaurant chain. Wikipedia link: Tim Horton, Tim Hortons Categories (place): Canada Hypernyms: restaurant Derived forms: Timbit, timbit Related terms: Starbucks, often claimed the US equivalent of the chain, McDonald's
    Sense id: en-Tim_Hortons-en-name-A3y6vzju Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: Tim Horton's [colloquial], Horny Tim's [slang], Horton's, TH [initialism], TH's [initialism], Timmy Ho-Ho's [slang], Timmy Horton's [slang], Timmy Ho's [slang], Timmy's [slang], Timmies [slang], Tim's [slang], Tim Whoreton's [derogatory, slang, vulgar]

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