Eton

Proper noun

Meaning

A habitational surname from Old English.

A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).

(UK) Ellipsis of Eton College; a prestigious public school for boys in Eton.

A town in Murray County, Georgia, United States.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

oxford ruff dicky bertha neckband jabot vandyke Aton fichu fraise Aten torque

Phrases with the word

eton coat North Eton

Anagrams

note tone ETNO Teno Neto

Examples

The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools. Aleister Crowley

As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters. Jonathan Aitken

Educ[ated]: during the holidays from Eton. Osbert Sitwell

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.' Harry Lloyd

Hitler, in one of his recent discourses, declared that the fight was between those who have been through the Adolf Hitler Schools and those who have been at Eton. Hitler has forgotten Harrow. Winston Churchill

Close letter words and terms

etomidate etomidoline etomoxir eton coat Eton collar Eton College