"Whitehead" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Whiteheads [plural]
Etymology: white + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|head}} white + head Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Whiteheads}} Whitehead (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteheads)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A place name:
    A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Places in Northern Ireland, Towns in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Towns in Northern Ireland
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-2o~5~d9b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 16 24 24 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 19 20 19 21 2
  3. A place name:
    The Rural Municipality of Whitehead, a rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Manitoba, Rural municipalities of Manitoba Derived forms: Whiteheadian, Whitehead link
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-gOrdmjL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 16 24 24 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 19 20 19 21 2
  4. A place name:
    A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Nova Scotia, Villages in Canada, Villages in Nova Scotia
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-fJllejX2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 16 24 24 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 19 20 19 21 2
  5. A place name:
    An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Mississippi, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-0rQKDSao Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 16 24 24 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 19 20 19 21 2
  6. A place name:
    A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in North Carolina, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-name-YTuF7PU0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 16 24 24 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 19 20 19 21 2

Noun

Forms: Whiteheads [plural]
Etymology: white + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|head}} white + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} Whitehead (plural Whiteheads)
  1. A form of self-propelling torpedo.
    Sense id: en-Whitehead-en-noun-eSgdKj~w

Inflected forms

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "white",
        "3": "head"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "white + head",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Whiteheads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Whitehead (plural Whiteheads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A form of self-propelling torpedo."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "torpedo",
          "torpedo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Whitehead"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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