Talbot

See also: talbot

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (bandit); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (valley, dale) + bald (bold, courageous).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔːlbət/

Proper noun

Talbot

  1. An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
    • 2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News[1], archived from the original on 13 June 2016:
      Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.
  2. A male given name.
  3. An earldom in the British peerage
  4. A former brand of English motor car.
  5. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
  7. A town in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.

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