cumberland

1. 1.

   English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

   SynonymsWilliam AugustusDuke of CumberlandButcher Cumberland

   Broadergeneral
2. 2.

   a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky

   SynonymsCumberland River

   Broaderriver

   Part ofKentuckyTennessee

Other forms of cumberland

plural

cumberlands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cumberland

What does cumberland mean?

cumberland means "English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cumberland?

cumberland has 3 syllables: cum-ber-land. The stress falls on "cum". In IPA it is /ˈkʌmbɚlənd/.

What is another word for cumberland?

Close synonyms include William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland, Cumberland River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cumberland a common word?

cumberland is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.