PARSONS

Parsons, Talcott Parsons

(noun) United States sociologist (1902-1979)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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 439^th most common surname with 64,662 people having the surname residing there, representing 0.026% of the population.

Anagrams

• asprons

Source: Wiktionary

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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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