1. Crompton - Noun
2. Crompton - Proper noun
A surname from Old English.
A community in the town of West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.
Crompton (plural Cromptons)
(Britain, rail transport) A British Rail Class 33 locomotive.
In September, David Crompton had emailed the force's assistant chief constable Andy Holt and head of media Mark Thompson on 8 September, just four days before the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report was published. Source: Internet
Later, the invention of the James Hargreaves ' spinning jenny in 1764, Richard Arkwright 's spinning frame in 1769 and Samuel Crompton 's spinning mule in 1775 enabled British spinners to produce cotton yarn at much higher rates. Source: Internet
“The reaction was, this is going to be a challenge,” another Big Sky athletic director, Weber State’s Tim Crompton, told The Tribune. Source: Internet
Messimer, pp. 61-62 Crompton later published an account of U-41 s exploits in 1917, U-41: der zweite Baralong-Fall, which called the sinking of U-41 a "second Baralong case". Source: Internet
Although Utah has seen an increase in the number of uninsured adults, the numbers of uninsured children has decreased, Crompton said, largely because families have been taking advantage of CHIP and Medicaid. Source: Internet
Crompton tells the story of a white man of average height and slim athletic build, in his early 20s, who stalked his victims before striking, though they never knew it. Source: Internet