paterson

1. 1.

   American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)

   SynonymsWilliam Patterson

   BroaderAmerican Revolutionary leader
2. 2.

   a city of northeastern New Jersey

   Broadercity

   Part ofNew Jersey

Other forms of paterson

plural

patersons·

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 paterson

What does paterson mean?

paterson means "American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paterson?

paterson has 3 syllables: pat-er-son. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpætɚsən/.

What is another word for paterson?

Close synonyms include William Patterson. 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 paterson a common word?

paterson 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.