davenport

/ˈdævənpɔːt/

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English Devennport, named after the River Dane + port. The first element is from Welsh dafn (“trickle, drop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), which is from donn (“brown”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”); see airigh.

name

A surname; A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire.
A surname; A surname from Irish of Irish origin from the Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh.
A surname; A surname from Anglo-Norman of Anglo-Norman origin: de avesne port, where avesne is derived from Frankish avisna ("field" see:Wiese).
A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:; A place in the United Kingdom; A hamlet in Brereton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8065).
A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:; A place in the United Kingdom; A suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, historically in Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8988).
A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world:; A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

noun

A large sofa, especially a formal one.“Holonym: furniture”
A writing desk, especially a small one.“Then she went into the house, and, sitting down at the davenport in the dining-room, got out a sheet of her best notepaper, and wrote a note to Pamela Dysart in her strong, commercially clear hand.”