Chaplin

See also: chaplin

English

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Etymology

An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæplɪn/

Proper noun

Chaplin

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
    1. Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
  2. A place name:
    1. A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
    2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
    4. A community in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality.
    6. A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164.

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