Trump

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English

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Etymology

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The surname has two sources.[1]

Pronunciation

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Donald Trump (sense 1.1)

Proper noun

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Trump (countable and uncountable, plural Trumps)

  1. A surname from German.
    • 1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter XXXII, in Orley Farm[1]:
      The house at which he was to lodge had been selected with considerable judgment. It was kept by a tidy old widow known as Mrs. Trump; but those who knew any thing of Hamworth affairs were well aware that Mrs. Trump had been left without a shilling, and could not have taken that snug little house in Paradise Row and furnished it completely out of her own means.
    1. Donald Trump (b. 1946), a businessman, television personality and former president of the United States of America (2017-2021).
      Synonyms: 45, Cheetolini, Dear Leader, Diaper Don, Donald Trumpet, Drumpf, Forrest Trump, GEOTUS, God Emperor, Mango Mussolini, orange-American, Orange Man, Teflon Don, TFG, Trumperor, Trumpolini, Trumpster, Twitler, Zion Don
      • 2017 December 3, Kayleigh Roberts, “Yara Shahidi Just Asked Hillary Clinton About That Very Uncomfortable Trump Debate”, in Harper's BAZAAR[2]:
        During their interview, Shahidi asked Clinton about the uncomfortable second presidential debate, during which Trump stalked her around the stage.
  2. A ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

Derived terms

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(all terms are derived from Donald Trump)

Descendants

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  • Translingual: donaldtrumpi

Translations

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Trump is the 8,484th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,886 individuals. Trump is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trump”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 505:1. English (Devon): metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe ‘trumpet’. 2. German (Bavaria): metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumpe ‘drum’.

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle High German trumbe (drum); see trommeln (to drum) and Trommel (drum).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Trump m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Trumps or (with an article) Trump, feminine genitive Trump, plural Trumps)

  1. a surname

Descendants

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