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PARSONS
Parsons, Talcott Parsons
(noun) United States sociologist (1902-1979)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
parsons
plural of parson
Anagrams
• asprons
Etymology
An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson.
• In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.
Proper noun
Parsons
A surname.
A city in Kansas
A city in Tennessee
A city, the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia.
Usage notes
According to the 1990 census of the United States Parsons is the 439th most common surname with 64,662 people having the surname residing there, representing 0.026% of the population.
Anagrams
• asprons
Source: Wiktionary
PARSON
Par"son, n. Etym: [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person.]
1. (Eng. Eccl. Law)
Definition: A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher. He hears the parson pray and preach. Longfellow. Parson bird (Zoöl.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novæseelandiæ) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage bird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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