Chadburn

English

Etymology

• (surname): Variant of Chatburn.
• (telegraph): From the name of the manufacturing company, Chadburn's Telegraph Company of Liverpool.

Proper noun

Chadburn (plural Chadburns)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chadburn is the 62714^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 319 individuals. Chadburn is most common among White (94.04%) individuals.

Noun

Chadburn (plural Chadburns)

1. (nautical, historical) Synonym of engine order telegraph

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chadburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 313.