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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From a diminutive form of Adam +‎ -son.

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Examples

  • Yes | No | Report from Del in KS wrote 43 weeks 5 hours ago silsbyj, Our family farm is west of Atcheson near Effingham.

    Click my name and check out the results of this morning's Turkey hunt. How do you find Morels? I only find a few now and then. 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from Del in KS wrote 43 weeks 5 hours ago silsbyj, Our family farm is west of Atcheson near Effingham.

    Click my name and check out the results of this morning's Turkey hunt. How do you find Morels? I only find a few now and then. 2009

  • -- When I was still working and had two good legs under me, I booked a few hunts through Jack Jr. and Keith Atcheson, Butte, MT.

    Accidental Discharge 2008

  • Bernie, I have heard of Atcheson as being a very reputable outfitter.

    Accidental Discharge 2008

  • Jack Atcheson, Jr. of The Atcheson's booking service in Butte, MT once told me that he used a .338 more than any other cartridge and swore by it.

    Nothing Works Better than a .338 2008

  • An aside: the only studio for which Harry Warren didn't do great work, oddly enough, was MGM; he gave them one hit, "On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe," but most of Warren's songs for Arthur Freed musicals are not up to his usual standards before and after his stint at MGM.

    More Busby Berkeley Jaime J. Weinman 2006

  • An aside: the only studio for which Harry Warren didn't do great work, oddly enough, was MGM; he gave them one hit, "On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe," but most of Warren's songs for Arthur Freed musicals are not up to his usual standards before and after his stint at MGM.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2006

  • “Christians could be a little less triumphal,” noted the Reverend Charles B. Atcheson, rector of All Saints Church in Waterloo, Belgium.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • “Christians could be a little less triumphal,” noted the Reverend Charles B. Atcheson, rector of All Saints Church in Waterloo, Belgium.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • “Christians could be a little less triumphal,” noted the Reverend Charles B. Atcheson, rector of All Saints Church in Waterloo, Belgium.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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