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English-language encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is an American English-language home and school encyclopedia first published in 1922 as Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
Compton's_Encyclopedia
Type of reference work
An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia
General knowledge encyclopaedia
with every article updated on a schedule. The publishers of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia had already pioneered such a policy. The 15th edition (1974–2010)
Encyclopædia_Britannica
1989 studio album by N.W.A
Musicians: N.W.A.", Encyclopedia.com, Cengage, updated 1 Apr 2020. Jenkins, Craig (August 8, 2013). "N.W.A, 'Straight Outta Compton' at 25: Classic Track-By-Track
Straight_Outta_Compton
American publisher
Britannica acquired dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster in 1964 and Compton's Encyclopedia as well in the early 1960s. Benton died in 1973, before the fifteenth
Encyclopædia_Britannica,_Inc.
however it was still considered second rate compared to Compton's Encyclopedia or World Book Encyclopedia The 1993 set had 8 million words, 10,750 pages, 17
New Standard Encyclopedia (1910)
New_Standard_Encyclopedia_(1910)
Lifeboat from the RMS Titanic
January 2026. "Mary Eliza Compton". encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 29 January 2026. "Sara Rebecca Compton". encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 29
Titanic_Lifeboat_No._14
American entrepreneur and encyclopedist
to his associate, Frank Compton, who later renamed it F. E. Compton & Co.. Compton produced Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia in 1922, which later became
Chandler_Beach
American hip hop group
(2001) "Compton's Most Wanted | Biography & History". AllMusic. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 507. "Comptons Most
Compton's_Most_Wanted
Online edition of Encyclopædia Britannica
encyclopaedia, and another two were from Compton's Encyclopedia (called the Britannica Student Encyclopedia on the company's website). Nature defended
Britannica.com
Concise Encyclopedia. Compton's NewMedia. 1991. Compton's Encyclopedia. Compton's NewMedia. 1992. Compton's Encyclopedia & Fact-Index. Compton's Learning
Bibliography_of_encyclopedias
1993–2009 digital multimedia encyclopedia
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, and considered a rewrite of the material. Following the successes of Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia (1989; published
Encarta
Elbert Compton (August 7, 1874 – May 13, 1950) was a publisher of encyclopedias and other reference works, most notably Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia from
F._E._Compton
Monument in India
the Encyclopædia Britannica "Charminar: Hyderabad". Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 24 May
Charminar
List of notable encyclopaedias
Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891) Compton's Encyclopedia – 26-volume encyclopedia Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary
List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
List_of_encyclopedias_by_branch_of_knowledge
Almanac 2006, page 814 World Book Encyclopedia 2008 T p166a Compton Encyclopedia 1975 ST p301 Concord Encyclopedia CBS Sports "[1] Archived 2009-02-04
List of Grand Slam women's singles champions
List_of_Grand_Slam_women's_singles_champions
(1933) Collins Gem Encyclopedia (1979) Running Press Encyclopedia (1993) Compton's Encyclopedia (1922) Book of Knowledge (1922) British ed. Returned to
List of 20th-century general encyclopedias in English
List_of_20th-century_general_encyclopedias_in_English
1966 protest for transgender rights in San Francisco
The Compton's Cafeteria riot occurred in August 1966 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The riot was a response to the violent and constant
Compton's_Cafeteria_riot
Columbia Encyclopedia: one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press (1935–2000; available online) Compton's Encyclopedia: 26-volume encyclopedia (1922–2002)
List of encyclopedias by language
List_of_encyclopedias_by_language
American physicist (1892–1962)
(February 2012). "Compton, Otelia Augspurger (1859-1944)". In Roth, John D. (ed.). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Compton 1967, p. 425.
Arthur_Compton
Country primarily in North America
A to Z (Religion)". Gallup. 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2026. Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact-index: Ohio. 1963. p. 336. "The Water Area of Each
United_States
American actor (1925–2020)
Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 90–97. ISBN 0-345-35344-7. Mistretta, Amy (April 6, 2020). "The Edge of Night Actor Forrest Compton Dead
Forrest_Compton
Musical melody of a Christian hymn
Binder & Heskes 1971, p. 256. Delitzsch 1871, p. 18. Compton's Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Chicago: F. E. Compton Co. 1968. p. 548. Routley 1980, Part 3, "Reformation
Hymn_tune
President of the University of Buffalo Frank E. Compton, Wisconsin 1898, Creator of Compton's Encyclopedia Edmund Ezra Day, Dartmouth 1905, President of
List of Theta Delta Chi members
List_of_Theta_Delta_Chi_members
Philippine quiz show
Pacific Corporation Wyeth Philippines Success Unlimited Enterprises Compton's Encyclopedia* Zebra Pens Tru-Shine Shoe Polish* Throughout its duration, Battle
Battle of the Brains (Philippine game show)
Battle_of_the_Brains_(Philippine_game_show)
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
Definition, History, Dance, Rap, Music, Culture, & Facts | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved
Tupac_Shakur
2000 studio album by Compton's Most Wanted
quotemarks) is the fourth studio album by American gangsta rap group Compton's Most Wanted. It was released on October 24, 2000, via Half-Ounce Records
Represent (Compton's Most Wanted album)
Represent_(Compton's_Most_Wanted_album)
French fashion designer (1933–2019)
"Fashion". The 1972 Compton Yearbook: A Summary and Interpretation of the Events of 1971 to Supplement Compton's Encyclopedia. F. E. Compton Co., William Benton
Emanuel_Ungaro
1996 studio album by Eazy-E
Muthaphukkin Compton at AllMusic Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (2018). Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO
Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton
Str8_off_tha_Streetz_of_Muthaphukkin_Compton
American historian
In Daniel H. Ludlow (ed.). Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan. pp. 56–58. ISBN 0-02-879600-4. Compton, Todd M. (1992). "Symbolism"
Todd_Compton
English Jesuit and scholastic philosopher (1619–1687)
philosophy of language. Thomas Compton was born around 1592 in Cambridgeshire, the son of Richard Compton and Anne Fludd. The Comptons were a well-to-do Catholic
Thomas_Compton_Carleton
Country in Southern and Western Europe
Newton Compton Editori. pp. 10–14. ISBN 978-8-8798-3974-7. Antonucci, Giovanni (1995). Storia del teatro italiano (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori
Italy
German artist and author
Oxford University Press. p. 204, 446. ISBN 978-0-19-211582-9. Compton's Encyclopedia & Fact-Index. Success Publishing Group. 2002. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-944262-43-6
Marlene_Reidel
British period crime drama series
"Eden Jessie (McCulloch): The Real Jessie Eden and Peaky Blinders". Encyclopedia of Communist Biographies. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021
Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)
American actress (born 1948)
Retrieved August 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland
Meg_Foster
American record producer
Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. Greenwood. p. 135. ISBN 9780313357589. Birchmeier, Jason. "Compton's Most Wanted | Biography & History"
DJ_Slip
American rapper (1964–1995)
Wright is often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap". Born in Compton, California, Wright had several legal troubles before founding Ruthless
Eazy-E
American poet
were cannibals. Tietjens was also a contributing editor for the Compton's Encyclopedia. Her first husband was Paul Tietjens, whom she married in Paris
Eunice_Tietjens
American encyclopedia editor (born 1945)
Britannica had, for example, published the first multimedia encyclopedia (Compton's MultiMedia Encyclopedia) as early as 1989, but did not launch Britannica CD
Robert_McHenry
Children's game
games involving shells and hazelnuts have also been called conquerors. Compton MacKenzie's 1913 novel Sinister Street uses the name Conquerors. Another
Conkers
American writer
portal Facts about Reed, William Maxwell, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 March 2010. v t e v t e
William_Maxwell_Reed
British organ builder (1876–1957)
the UK. 261 were installed in cinemas and theatres in the British Isles. Comptons made many fine church and concert organs as well. The company's cinema
John_Compton_(organ_builder)
Journalist, Underwater Diver, Environmentalist
Bookmakers Guild, 1987, ISBN 978-0917665189 "History of Diving," Compton’s Encyclopedia and Fact-Index, 1986, ISBN 0852294352 "Exploring a Sunken Realm
Hillary_Hauser
Genus of vines with lavender or white flowers
Wikisource: "Wistaria". The American Cyclopædia. 1879. "Wistaria". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. "Wistaria". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
Wisteria
American rapper and actor (born 1969)
actor, and filmmaker. His efforts on N.W.A's 1989 album Straight Outta Compton contributed to gangsta rap's popularity, and his political rap solo albums
Ice_Cube
1993 studio album by Luke
"Cowards in Compton", made it to number 93 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In the songs "Dre's Momma Needs a Haircut" and "Cowards in Compton" Luke disses
In_the_Nude
Capital of England and the United Kingdom
Retrieved 12 October 2008. Jacobs, Joseph (1906). "England". Jewish Encyclopedia. Flori, Jean (1999), Richard Coeur de Lion: le roi-chevalier (in French)
London
Chicago Department Store (1988). William H. Young, "Department Store" in Encyclopedia of American Studies (2015) online Vicki Howard, From Main Street to Mall:
Department_stores_by_country
British actress (born 1949)
Awards for Best Actress. Rubin, Steven Jay (2017). The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781613738887. "Special Guest: Veronica Cartwright"
Veronica_Cartwright
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Celibacy of the Clergy" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Cited by Eusebius, Church History
List_of_sexually_active_popes
American actor (1928–2015)
Phoenix Books. ISBN 978-1607477006. Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0195076783
Dick_Van_Patten
Speculative fiction award for first novel
Langford (15 April 2020). "Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award". In John Clute, David Langford (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. SFE/Ansible
Compton_Crook_Award
American musical duo
ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2. Larkin, Colin (2000). The encyclopedia of popular music. p. 507. ISBN 9780195313734. "Search results for Compton Brothers". RPM. Retrieved December
The_Compton_Brothers
Scale for measuring sexual orientation
ISBN 978-0-19-509841-9. Mary Zeiss Stange; Carol K. Oyster; Jane E. Sloan (2011). Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Sage Pubns. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-4129-7685-5
Kinsey_scale
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Calaprice, Alice; Kennefick, Daniel; Schulmann, Robert (2015). An Einstein Encyclopedia. Princeton University Press. Bibcode:2016eien.book.....C. Chaplin, Charles
Albert_Einstein
American temperance activist
against Rum (Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1975), 14. Parsons, 17. Compton's Encyclopedia by Britannica Vol. 23. 2008. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-59339-384-7. Marshall
Hannah_Jumper
(2011). "Wounded Knee Massacre". University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Retrieved December 20, 2022. Russell, Samuel L.
List of disasters in the United States by death toll
List_of_disasters_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll
American hip-hop group
Faces of Death, introduced them to Eazy-E at a concert he promoted in Compton. There, on November 2, 1993, they auditioned for Eazy in his dressing room;
Bone_Thugs-n-Harmony
Street gang from Los Angeles, California
Retrieved January 29, 2023. Finley, Laura L. (October 1, 2018). Gangland: An Encyclopedia of Gang Life from Cradle to Grave [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4408-4474-4
Crips
American rapper (1967–2020)
street gangs. Johnson was a Crip himself, affiliated with the Kelly Park Compton Crips. Tweedy Bird Loc, with the help of producer Ronnie Phillips, began
Tweedy_Bird_Loc
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-923450-1. Hall, Susan G. (2006). American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that Have Shaped Our Culture. Greenwood
Marilyn_Monroe
"Alexandre José Barbosa Lima Sobrinho | Brazilian journalist and politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. "Em 3 anos, Bolsonaro só decretou luto oficial duas vezes"
List of national days of mourning (2000–2019)
List_of_national_days_of_mourning_(2000–2019)
Schirmer Books. ISBN 9780871969613. Bloom, Ken (2013). Broadway: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135950194. Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton
List_of_musicals:_A_to_L
University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3656-1. Finley, Laura (2011). Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO
List of school shootings in the United States (2000s)
List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000s)
American actor
wolf sanctuary for ten years. "Berryman, Michael 1948–". Encyclopedia.com.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Michael
Michael_Berryman
Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. April 1, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026. "Encyclopedia of prisons and Correctional facilities" (PDF). Sage Reference. Retrieved
List of death row inmates in the United States
List_of_death_row_inmates_in_the_United_States
Autoimmune disease resulting in skeletal muscle weakness
ISBN 978-81-312-3800-4. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: Myasthenia gravis Marx JA (2014). Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts
Myasthenia_gravis
Word consisting of two words
case or bag for carrying clothing (1547), clothes rack (1640)". In Encyclopedia, or a Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts (1765), in
Portmanteau
American crime gang
Santana Blocc Compton Crips, while another source claims his mother was from Hoover Street Crips, while his father was from the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips. Furthermore
Cedar_Block_Piru
American actor (born 1969)
Night' has LaBelle and much more". The Dispatch. p. 2. Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland
Morris_Chestnut
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
non-fiction works on pacifist issues, including Ends and Means (1937), An Encyclopedia of Pacifism and Pacifism and Philosophy, and was an active member of
Aldous_Huxley
American serial killers and rapists known as the Tool Box Killers
ISBN 978-0-787-98501-1. Lane, Brian; Gregg, Wilfred (1996) [1992]. The New Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: The Most Comprehensive File on the World's Serial
Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris
Lawrence_Bittaker_and_Roy_Norris
Earth's most severe extinction event
Biodiversity in the Fossil Record". In Canadell, J. G.; Mooney, H. A. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, The Earth System. Biological and Ecological
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
First wife of Ringo Starr (1946–1994)
which they soon sold to Stephen Stills, before moving into Roundhill, on Compton Avenue, Highgate, London, on 25 April 1969. They bought Lennon's home at
Maureen_Starkey_Tigrett
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
2022. Breitman & Lichtman 2013, pp. 114–15. "Jan Karski". Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved April 16, 2022. "Jan
Franklin_D._Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
September 20, 2002. Retrieved August 30, 2011. "Bill Clinton (1946–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved September 15, 2018. Cohen, Adam (December 12,
Bill_Clinton
1964 book by Isaac Asimov
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a history of science by Isaac Asimov, written as the biographies of initially 1000 scientists
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Asimov's_Biographical_Encyclopedia_of_Science_and_Technology
Australian rules footballer
(VFL). "Jack Compton - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 26 December 2014. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers:
Jack Compton (Australian footballer)
Jack_Compton_(Australian_footballer)
American actor (1933–2015)
82. Wilson, Claire M. "Wayne Rogers". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn University. Retrieved May 26, 2022. Compton, Carrie (February 8, 2017). "Lives: Wayne
Wayne_Rogers
(help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Finley, Laura (2011). Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO
List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)
List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(before_2000)
American professional wrestler (born 1965)
Calaway was born in Houston, Texas, on March 24, 1965, the son of Frank Compton Calaway (died July 2003) and Betty Catherine Truby.[citation needed] He
The_Undertaker
specialità della cucina italiana da provare almeno una volta nella vita. Newton Compton. p. 87. ISBN 978-8854182868. "Fusilli Avellinesi, la ricetta non si impara
List_of_pasta
Papal mistress (c. 870 – 916)
Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 11. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 919–920. ISBN 3-88309-064-6. "Liutprand of Cremona" in the Catholic Encyclopedia v t e
Theodora_(senatrix)
uk. "list of prime ministers of Great Britain and the U.K. | Names". Encyclopedia Britannica. Note: Johnson was appointed leader of the Conservative party
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by experience
List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_experience
Retailer and wholesale supplier based in Chicago
Francisco Examiner. March 7, 1946. p. 21. Retrieved April 8, 2024. Comptons Pictured Encyclopedia And Fact-index. Vol. 3. 1922. p. 182. "New Owner Takes Over
Butler_Brothers
Ruler of Mali from c. 1312 to c. 1337
"The Gold Trade of Ancient & Medieval West Africa". World History Encyclopedia. Compton, Anne M. (2017). Excavations at Kranka Dada: An Examination of Daily
Mansa_Musa
American science fiction television series
". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved July 31, 2022. "SFE: Sense8". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022. Nick Holdsworth (November 2, 2015). "TV
Sense8
1991 studio album by Tim Dog
tracks. The album spawned three singles, the infamous underground hit "Fuck Compton" (which disses the N.W.A.), "Step to Me" and "Bronx Nigga". The album peaked
Penicillin_on_Wax
American husband-and-wife music duo
link] Kingsbury, Paul. (1998). "Felice and Boudleaux Bryant". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. pp. 63–64. Allmusic Entry for
Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant
Vanderbilt campus." Knight, Gladys L. (2014). Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 252. ISBN 978-0313398834
Confederate monuments and memorials
Confederate_monuments_and_memorials
1997, Compton's Encyclopedia, Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East, Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and
Alasdair_Drysdale
American rapper and songwriter (born 1987)
jazz genres to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Born and raised in Compton, California, Lamar began releasing music under the stage name K.Dot in
Kendrick_Lamar
electronic encyclopedias. Britannica had, for example, published the second multimedia encyclopedia titled Compton's MultiMedia Encyclopedia as early as
History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
History_of_the_Encyclopædia_Britannica
American rapper, singer, and songwriter (born 1969)
W.A in an interview with LA Weekly: "I was around when Straight Outta Compton was being made. I watched and learned a lot. ... I'm here as a white kid
Everlast
S2CID 54011632. "Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull interactive: Encyclopedia". HubbleSite. Retrieved 2015-05-20. J. Kormendy; R. Bender; E. A. Ajhar;
List of most massive black holes
List_of_most_massive_black_holes
2021-10-05. Dagmar Skamlová' "Regina Cyclone." The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". Archived from the original
List of F4, EF4, and IF4 tornadoes
List_of_F4,_EF4,_and_IF4_tornadoes
Poorest of the lower class in Naples during the Age of Revolution
p. 429 note 18 Basile L. & Morea D., "Lazzari e Scugnizzi", Newton & Compton editori, 1996 Croce B., "Aneddoti e profili settecenteschi", Remo Sandron
Lazzaroni_(Naples)
American hip-hop group
married to the styles of the street. According to the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Run-D.M.C. took hardcore hip-hop from an underground
Run-DMC
July 1996. Retrieved 2 September 2025. McCann, Bob (21 December 2009). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9780786458042
Sheryl_Lee_Ralph_filmography
Native American woman (c. 1596 – 1617)
Society". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved February 18, 2011. Rountree, Helen C. (November 3, 2010). "Early Virginia Indian Education". Encyclopedia Virginia
Pocahontas
COMPTONS ENCYCLOPEDIA
COMPTONS ENCYCLOPEDIA
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Cumpston.
Surname or Lastname
Swiss German
Swiss German : probably an altered form of Swiss Büchi. However, in The Mennonite Encyclopedia Bitsche (or Bitschi) is proposed as the origin. See also Beachy.English : variant of Peach.Swiss Surnames shows numerous Büchis (mainly in Zürich and Toggenburg) and several variants (Bücheli, Büchele, Bücheler, Büchler, etc.), whereas Bitsch(e) is listed four times and was apparently taken to Switzerland from Germany at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Peachey is most common in Mifflin Co., PA; other variants appear in various communities.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Campton in Bedfordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) by the Camel river’ (a lost river-name of Celtic origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Compton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England (but especially in the south) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
Southern French and German
Southern French and German : from Occitan astor ‘goshawk’ (from Latin acceptor, variant of accipiter ‘hawk’), used as a nickname characterizing a predacious or otherwise hawklike man. The name was taken to southwestern Germany by 17th-century Waldensian refugees from their Alpine valleys above Italian Piedmont.English : variant spelling of Aster.Astor is the name of a famous American family of industrialists and newspaper owners. John Jacob Astor I (1763–1848) was born at Walldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, the son of a butcher. He followed his brother Henry to New York and made a fortune in the fur trade, which was greatly increased by his descendants in industry, hotels, and newspapers. They built the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. The great-grandson of John Jacob I, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), moved to England in 1890, becoming an influential newspaper proprietor and taking British citizenship in 1899. In 1917 he was created Viscount Astor of Hever. His son, the 2nd Viscount (1879–1952), married Nancy Shaw (née Langhorne) (1879–1964), daughter of a VA planter. She became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons as a member of Parliament.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Crompton in Lancashire, named with an Old English crumbe ‘river bend’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Brownell, for example in Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire, from Old English brūn ‘brown’ + hyll ‘hill’.Thomas Brownell came from England to Little Compton, RI, in about 1650.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Winding Farm
Male
Egyptian
, a lord of Coptos.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crumpton.
COMPTONS ENCYCLOPEDIA
COMPTONS ENCYCLOPEDIA
Girl/Female
German
Of Noble Spirit
Boy/Male
American, Christian, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Swedish
Praise or Heart; Courageous and Praise; Gift of God; Praise be to God; Friend; Heart; Wise; Courageous; Large Hearted; Given of God
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Free Bird; Independent; Bird
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Verity.Indian (Karnataka) : Hindu (Brahman) name of unknown meaning, found among Saraswat Brahmans of Goan origin who have migrated to Karnataka.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Odhrán, ODRAN means "little sallow one."Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Irish, Netherlands, Swedish
Archer; Yew Wood
Girl/Female
Tamil
Branucika | பà¯à®°à®¨à¯à®šà®¿à®•à®¾
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Among All Others
Boy/Male
Indian
Gift of God
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).French (Fortuné) : from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fÅr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tÅ«n ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.
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n. pl.
A common; public pasture ground.
v. t.
To compose; to settle; to arrange.
a.
Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
a.
Comatose.
a.
Allowed to pasture on public commons.
a.
Alt. of Compone
v. t.
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
a.
See Compony.
n. pl.
Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.
n.
A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
n.
The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
v. i.
To make a pompons display; to conduct.
a.
See Compony.
n.
A member of the House of Commons.
n. pl.
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
n.
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
n. pl.
The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.
n. pl.
A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.