Trump
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See also: trump
Etymology
The surname has two sources.[1]
- English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”).
- German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf cannot be derived from this (except by postulating them to be hypercorrections)
- The place in Baltimore county was named after settler Simeon Van Trump.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Trump (countable and uncountable, plural Trumps)
- A surname from German.
- 1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter XXXII, in Orley Farm:
- 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.
- 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
- A ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
Derived terms
(all terms are derived from Donald Trump)
- de-Trumpification
- Donald Trumpesque
- Donald Trumpet
- Donald Trumpian
- Donald Trumpish
- FDT
- Forrest Trump
- mini-Trump
- Never Trumper
- non-Trumper
- Retrumplican
- TDS
- Trumpanzee
- Trump bump
- TrumpCare
- Trump country
- Trumpcuck
- Trump derangement syndrome
- Trumpdom
- Trumpean
- Trumper
- Trumperor
- Trumpery
- Trumpese
- Trumpesque
- Trumpet
- Trumpette
- Trumphobia
- Trumpian
- Trumpiana
- Trumpification
- Trumpiness
- Trumpish
- Trumpishness
- Trumpism
- Trumpist
- Trumpista
- Trumpistan
- Trumpite
- Trumpitis
- Trumpkin
- Trumpland
- Trumplandia
- Trumpless
- Trumplican
- Trumplike
- Trumpmania
- Trumpness
- Trumpocalypse
- Trumpocrat
- Trumpoid
- Trumpolini
- Trumpologist
- Trumpology
- Trumpomania
- Trumponomics
- Trumpophile
- Trumpophilia
- Trumpophobe
- Trumpophobia
- Trumpophobic
- Trumposphere
- Trumpski
- Trumpspeak
- Trumpsplain
- Trumpster
- Trumpster diving
- Trumpster fire
- Trumptard
- Trumptastic
- Trump train
- Trumpublican
- Trumpworld
- Trumpy
Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi
Translations
surname
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Statistics
- 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
References
- 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’.”
Further reading
- “Trump”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Trump”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Trump”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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