Definitions for thornton
ˈθɔrn tnthorn·ton

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Thornton, William Thorntonnoun

   American architect (1759-1828)

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1. Thorntonnoun

   Any of several placenames in England and Scotland.

2. Thorntonnoun

   from these places.

3. Thorntonnoun

   transferred from the surname.

4. Etymology: þorn + tūn

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1. thornton

   Thornton is primarily a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from various places such as Thornton in Lancashire and West Yorkshire. It was initially given to individuals who lived in or around a "thorn town" or "settlement with thorn bushes". The name Thornton might also refer to several towns and cities in various countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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1. Thornton

   The city of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado and a suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thornton is 10 miles northeast of the state's capital, Denver. The United States Census Bureau that the city population was 118,772 on April 1, 2010, a 44.2% increase from the 2000 Census population of 82,384. Thornton is the sixth most populous city in the state of Colorado and the 213th most populous city in the United States.

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1. thornton

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1. THORNTON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Thornton is ranked #373 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Thornton surname appeared 83,967 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 28 would have the surname Thornton.
   
   67.4% or 56,611 total occurrences were White.
   27% or 22,738 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 1,965 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2% or 1,730 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 521 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 386 total occurrences were Asian.

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How to pronounce thornton?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thornton in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of thornton in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of thornton in a Sentence

1. Billy McBride on `` Goliath:

   Billy Bob Thornton is not the type, I am not the type, who likes the idea of big corporations telling us how we should live our lives, i'm really happy that that was the final season because I think the evolution worked out perfectly.

2. Doug Wilson:

   We knew there was going to come a time when the Thornton, Marleau, Pavelski era was over, you have to replenish. We went many, many years without replenishing our system, using picks to add or players to compete.

3. Hugh Willmott:

   As people died, they were buried in a normal fashion in individual graves in normal cemeteries. When you find a mass grave, it tells you that the systems breaking down. Thats what we think happened here at Thornton.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thornton
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thornton
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=thornton
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html