Atchison

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Atcheson

Etymology

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

Proper noun

Atchison

1. A surname.
2. A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.

Derived terms

• Atchison County
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF, better known as the Santa Fe)

Noun

Atchison (plural Atchisons)

1. (historical) A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny.
   • 1683, George Meriton, A York-ſhire Dialogue, In its pure Natural Dialect As it is now commonly Spoken in the North parts of York-ſshire, York:  […] John White,  […] Richard Lambert, page 12:

     There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike.

References

• A new English dictionary on historical principles : founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society

Anagrams

• Chatinos, chitosan