Home › Words › F › fordsonfordsonfordson means A make of motor vehicle, notably tractors, produced by the Ford Motor Company. The name was dropped in 1964 and replaced by Ford.EtymologyFrom the surname Ford + -son.nounA make of motor vehicle, notably tractors, produced by the Ford Motor Company. The name was dropped in 1964 and replaced by Ford.e.g.“For working the reinstated passenger service last summer, the large Fordson tractor, normally employed on the stone trains, was used.” — 1946 July and August, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 255:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).