Whittington
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
Any of several places in England:
A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0120).
A village and civil parish in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6076).
A civil parish north of Hexham, Northumberland.
Related terms: Great Whittington
A village and civil parish in Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3231).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgPhrases with the word
Examples
A traditional rhyme associated with this tale is: :Turn again, Whittington, :Once Lord Mayor of London!
An Australian soldier, Private George "Dick" Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, near Buna on 25 December 1942.
As the son of gentry Whittington was never very poor and there is no evidence that he kept a cat.
A long dispute with the Company of Brewers over standard prices and measures of ale was won by Whittington.
G.T. Whittington obtained a concession of convert from Vernet that he later exploited with the formation of the Falkland Islands Commercial Fishery and Agricultural Association.
Detectives determined that Chavez’s friend 19-year-old Blake Whittington drove the Mustang that matched the license plate of the car Chavez was in during the shooting.