remington

/ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/

Etymology

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

name

  1. An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.“One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does.”
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
  4. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
  5. A town in Virginia.
  6. A hamlet in Ohio.

noun

  1. A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
  2. A kind of typewriter.