Whitehead

See also: whitehead

English

Etymology

From white +‎ head.

Proper noun

Whitehead (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteheads)

  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
    1. A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
    2. A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
    3. A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
    5. A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.

Derived terms

Noun

Whitehead (plural Whiteheads)

  1. A form of self-propelling torpedo.
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