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Definitions for Sumner
ˈsʌm nərsum·n·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sumner, William Graham Sumnernoun

    United States sociologist (1840-1910)

Wiktionary

  1. Sumnernoun

    for a summoner in court.

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  1. sumner

    Sumner is typically a surname of English origin. It can also be referred to as an obsolete term for 'summoner', an official who served summons for a court or ecclesiastical body. It is not a common term and is rarely used in contemporary English. Additionally, Sumner is the name of several places in the United States.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sumnernoun

    a summoner

Wikidata

  1. Sumner

    Sumner is a city in northern Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 9,451 at the 2010 census. Nearby cities include Puyallup to the west, Auburn to the north, and Enumclaw to the east.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SUMNER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sumner is ranked #1909 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sumner surname appeared 18,838 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Sumner.

    87.8% or 16,540 total occurrences were White.
    6.5% or 1,226 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 416 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 345 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 186 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 124 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sumner in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sumner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Sumner in a Sentence

  1. Fred Salerno:

    We could clear a lot of this up if Sumner would share his thoughts with me face-to-face.

  2. Mike Lawrence:

    Fred Salerno, Philippe Dauman, and (Viacom board member) George Abrams have repeatedly told the courts that the Viacom board is being blocked from meeting with Sumner, leaving them no choice but to pursue claims, that fiction has been shattered.

  3. Robert Sanders:

    Kevin Sumner is one of the best and most highly trained school resource officers in Kentucky, he's a teacher who left that profession to become a police officer. He's totally devoted to kids and schools and education.

  4. Eric Jackson:

    If there had been a trial and Sumner Redstone was declared mentally incompetent, that could have at least forced change at the top of Viacom Inc -LRB- VIAB.O -RRB-, with a settlement, its conceivable that Shari Redstone and Dauman could continue with the status quo even if Sumner Redstone is incapacitated and shareholders will never know.

  5. Manuela Herzer:

    Sumner's signature on this so-called agreement does not even remotely resemble other signatures of his that I have seen.

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