Home › Words › D › dobsondobson/ˈdɒb.sən/dobson means A surname originating as a patronymic.dobson is pronounced /ˈdɒb.sən/.EtymologyFrom a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + -son.nameA surname originating as a patronymic.A ghost town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.A town, the county seat of Surry County, North Carolina, United States.A small town near Greymouth, West Coast region, New Zealand.nounThe aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in fishing.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dobsonfly 76% match — Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly. vs dobson →corydalid 68% match — Any member of the Corydalidae, the dobsonflies and fishflies. vs dobson →codbait 65% match — Synonym of caddisworm when used as fishing bait vs dobson →cadbait 64% match — A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly. vs dobson →fishfly 61% match — A mayfly. vs dobson →caddisworm 61% match — The larva of the caddis fly. vs dobson →gadger 61% match — A stonefly nymph used as bait. vs dobson →squatt 60% match — The larva of the common housefly; used as bait vs dobson →