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Imperial German Navy expansion Plan
time addressing domestic issues, is referred to as the Tirpitz Plan. Politically, the Tirpitz Plan was marked by the Fleet Acts of 1898, 1900, 1908 and
Tirpitz_Plan
German naval officer (1849–1930)
Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt fɔn ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930)
Alfred_von_Tirpitz
Topics referred to by the same term
Tirpitz may refer to: Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), German admiral Tirpitz Plan, a plan for Germany to achieve world power status through naval power
Tirpitz
Military plans
support from the Kaiser, Tirpitz formed a plan to create a navy worthy of Germany's imperial ambitions, called the Tirpitz Plan. The Kaiser directed a series
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States
Imperial_German_plans_for_the_invasion_of_the_United_States
Early 20th-century arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany
with a plan by German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz in 1897 to create a fleet in being to force Britain to make diplomatic concessions; Tirpitz did not
Anglo-German_naval_arms_race
Bismarck-class battleship of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine
Tirpitz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ) was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and
German_battleship_Tirpitz
Imperial German Navy fleet
Fleet (Heimatflotte) was renamed the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to
High_Seas_Fleet
German Emperor from 1888 to 1918
admiral had conceived of what came to be known as the "Risk Theory" or the Tirpitz Plan, by which Germany could force Britain to accede to German demands in
Wilhelm_II
Class of German World War II-era fast battleships
1936 and completed in September 1940, while the keel of her sister ship, Tirpitz, was laid in October 1936 and work finished in February 1941. The ships
Bismarck-class_battleship
British air raid of World War II
unsuccessfully attempted to strike Tirpitz again at Tromsø on 29 October during Operation Obviate. Operation Catechism re-used the plans for Operation Obviate, and
Operation_Catechism
Political party in Germany (1918–1933)
anything better but to make Tirpitz Chancellor of the Reich". The clash between Stresemann and Tirpitz over the Dawes Plan marked the beginning of a long
German National People's Party
German_National_People's_Party
German plan to build a massive navy before World War II
would not come until 1948. Hitler ordered that completion of Bismarck and Tirpitz be expedited, along with six new H-class battleships yet to be laid down
Plan_Z
1904–1905 conflict in East Asia
Germany. This was especially the case as Germany had embarked upon the "Tirpitz Plan" and a policy of Weltpolitik (from 1897) meant to challenge Britain's
Russo-Japanese_War
Far-right political party in the German Empire
Hindenburg and Ludendorff, even against the Emperor if necessary. Though the Tirpitz plan was not implemented, the very fact it was mooted showed the extent of
German_Fatherland_Party
Imperial german war plans
not to be cut off and forced to surrender. The plans were opposed throughout by Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom
Imperial_German_plans_for_the_invasion_of_the_United_Kingdom
1942 Allied attack on German battleship Tirpitz
Operation Title was an unsuccessful Allied attack on the German battleship Tirpitz during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It involved two British
Operation_Title
Colonial expansion in late 19th and early 20th centuries
example of social imperialism in action, and was followed up by the 1897 Tirpitz Plan for expanding the German Navy. In this point of view, groups such as
New_Imperialism
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan, to build a fleet to challenge the Royal Navy, publishing a series of
Rudyard_Kipling
Diplomat and composer of Imperial Germany
the naval build-up advocated by Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz known as the Tirpitz Plan was wasteful in the extreme, arguing that Germany would have
Philipp,_Prince_of_Eulenburg
Leninist description of certain ideologies
example of social imperialism in action, and was followed up by the Tirpitz Plan for expanding the German Navy starting in 1897. In this point of view
Social_imperialism
1991 book by Robert K. Massie
"Dreadnought" all the way back to Elizabeth I. On the German side, the Tirpitz Plan is described, and the way that the Imperial German governmental structure
Dreadnought_(book)
British tabloid newspaper
claiming that the Liberals were too pusillanimous in their response to the Tirpitz plan. In 1906, the paper offered £10,000 for the first flight from London
Daily_Mail
Navy of the German Empire between 1871 and 1919
Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who greatly expanded the size and quality of the navy, while adopting
Imperial_German_Navy
Scottish historian (born 1964)
in Europe. Finally, Weinberg attacked Ferguson for claiming that the Tirpitz Plan was not a danger to Britain and that Britain had no reason to fear Germany's
Niall_Ferguson
British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)
monomaniacal Judeophobia". The policies of Weltpolitik, especially the Tirpitz Plan, brought about a period of Anglo-German tension in the first years of
Houston_Stewart_Chamberlain
in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy) for the first half of the
Pre–World War II career of Erich Raeder
Pre–World_War_II_career_of_Erich_Raeder
Relationship between the NSDAP and the Wehrmacht
and military power into his hands in order to win the war. Though the Tirpitz plan was not implemented, the very fact it was mooted showed the extent of
Nazism_and_the_Wehrmacht
New Zealand fighter pilot of WWII
in despatches for his actions during an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz on 24 August 1944. From Gisborne, Richardson initially joined the Royal
Archibald Richardson (Royal Navy officer)
Archibald_Richardson_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Government ministry of the Imperial German Navy
present the planned expenses for debate. Following his appointment to the post of state secretary of the RMA in 1897, Konteradmiral Alfred von Tirpitz embarked
German_Imperial_Naval_Office
1955 British film by Ralph Thomas
midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship Tirpitz. Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British
Above_Us_the_Waves
1912 British diplomatic mission to Germany
Empire. London decided that the rapid German naval expansion of the Tirpitz Plan had to be matched. Britain had to build at least three major warships
Haldane_Mission
Attempt by German Navy to intercept convoy from UK to Soviet Union
Schniewind, the Flottenchef (Fleet Commander) was based at Trondheim in Tirpitz. On 8 June, SKL ruled on the command arrangements for operations. MGK Nord
Operation_Rösselsprung_(1942)
German historian (1931–2014)
the first example of social imperialism in action, followed by the "Tirpitz Plan" to expand the German Navy from 1897 onwards. That point of view sees
Hans-Ulrich_Wehler
Series of laws expanding the navy of the German Empire, passed from 1898 to 1912
Wilhelm II and his State Secretary for the Navy, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, committed Germany to building up a navy capable of competing with the
German_Naval_Laws
German historian
Society. Der Stahlhelm. Bund der Frontsoldaten 1918–1935. 1966. Der Tirpitz-Plan (1971) Germany And The Approach Of War In 1914 (1973) Germany in the
Volker_Berghahn
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz to the post of State Secretary of the Navy in 1897 accelerated naval construction. Tirpitz's "risk theory" planned a fleet that would
List of battleships of Germany
List_of_battleships_of_Germany
at Sea: Naval Strategic Thought, the Ideology of Sea Power, and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914. BRILL. ISBN 978-0-391-04105-9. Joll, James; Martel, Gordon
Causes_of_World_War_I
1942 World War II attack on the German battleship Tirpitz
On 5 July 1942, the German battleship Tirpitz, sailing as part of a squadron under the command of Admiral Otto Schniewind to intercept convoy PQ 17, was
Attack on the battleship Tirpitz by submarine K-21
Attack_on_the_battleship_Tirpitz_by_submarine_K-21
Second World War Royal Navy air raid
the Royal Navy against the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway
Operation_Tungsten
1943 German raid on Svalbard during WW2
Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, on 8 September 1943. The battleships Tirpitz (in its only offensive action) and Scharnhorst, plus nine destroyers, sailed
Operation_Zitronella
Unsuccessful British air raid in World War II
British air raid of World War II which targeted the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted by Royal Air Force heavy bombers on 29 October 1944,
Operation_Obviate
1940 plan for German invasion of Britain
navy proposed delay until May 1941, when the new battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz would be ready. A navy memorandum issued on 30 July said invasion would
Operation_Sea_Lion
operation Tungsten (1944) – carrier-borne air attack on Tirpitz Tunnel (1943) – standard British plan to intercept German blockade runners Wikinger (1940)
List of World War II military operations
List_of_World_War_II_military_operations
German admiral (1876–1960)
dominating figure of the Navy was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the autocratic State Secretary of the Navy. Tirpitz's preferred means of obtaining "world power status"
Erich_Raeder
German naval raid of World War II
convoys during the Second World War. It was conducted by the battleship Tirpitz, three destroyers and eight submarines. The German ships were unable to
Operation_Sportpalast
British air raid on German battleship Tirpitz
raid of World War II that inflicted heavy damage on the German battleship Tirpitz, at anchor in Kaafjord in the far north of German-occupied Norway. The
Operation_Paravane
at Sea: Naval Strategic Thought, the Ideology of Sea Power, and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914. Brill. 2002. p.188. D.Bradley, H.H. Hildebrand, E. Henriot:
Ludwig_Borckenhagen
1930s German naval gun
HMS Hood and Prince of Wales. Sixteen guns were used for Bismarck and Tirpitz and six were ordered for Gneisenau when she was to be re-armed in 1942
38_cm_SK_C/34_naval_gun
Armored cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
Alfred von Tirpitz published his "Dienstschrift No. IX" memo that laid out his vision for the future development of the German fleet. Tirpitz's plan included
SMS_Fürst_Bismarck
German admiral (1848–1915)
at sea: naval strategic thought, the ideology of sea power, and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914 by Rolf Hobson; BRILL, 2002, 358 pages, p. 276. Naval warfare
Felix_von_Bendemann
1944 series of British air raids against the Tirpitz
series of British carrier air raids conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway during late August 1944
Operation_Goodwood_(naval)
Navy of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
aborted operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoys Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1942) – operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoy
Kriegsmarine
Planned Nazi city in German-occupied Norway
hold. After the destruction of the Tirpitz in November 1944, most of the naval leadership was sacked and the plan abandoned permanently. The few existing
Nordstern_(city)
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
drink". In a speech in Wilhelmshaven for the launch of the battleship Tirpitz on 1 April, he threatened to denounce the Anglo-German Naval Agreement
Adolf_Hitler
1941 Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
Third Fleet. In 1944 Victorious contributed to several attacks on the Tirpitz. The elimination of the German naval threat allowed her redeployment first
HMS_Victorious_(R38)
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
to expand rapidly post-1871. Backed by Wilhelm II, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz sought to use this growth to build an Imperial German Navy that could compete
World_War_I
1944 British carrier air raid against the German battleship Tirpitz
unsuccessful British carrier air raid conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord, Norway, on 17 July 1944. The attack was one
Operation_Mascot
Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy
Air Arm airstrike against the German battleship Tirpitz. Moored in Altafjord in northern Norway, Tirpitz was the German navy's last surviving capital ship
HMS_Belfast
Allied World War II convoy in the Arctic Ocean
acting on information that German ships, including German battleship Tirpitz, were moving to intercept, ordered the covering force, based on the Allied
Convoy_PQ_17
German battleship of World War II
she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest
German_battleship_Bismarck
British amphibious attack of 28 March 1942
battleship Tirpitz was declared operational in January 1942, the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Air Force (RAF) were already drawing up plans to attack her
St_Nazaire_Raid
Scharnhorst-class battleship of Nazi Germany
Germany. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz in Norway to interdict Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst
German_battleship_Scharnhorst
Type of earthquake bomb
Normandy). The last of the Kriegsmarine's Bismarck-class battleships, the Tirpitz, was sunk by an air attack using Tallboys in Operation Catechism. Most
Tallboy_(bomb)
Coastal defense ship class of the German Imperial Navy
Lawrence (1997). Preparing for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power Before the Tirpitz Era. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-745-7. Wikimedia
Odin-class coastal defense ship
Odin-class_coastal_defense_ship
First major naval battle of First World War
to wire for his consent before entering a decisive action". Alfred von Tirpitz was outraged by this decision and wrote after the war, The Emperor did
Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight_(1914)
1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway in WWII
ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned Anglo-French occupation of Norway known as Plan R 4, which developed as a response to a German
Operation_Weserübung
German historian (1925–1989)
navy. The huge build-up in the Navy known as the Tirpitz Plan spearheaded by Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz with his Riskflotte (Risk Fleet) concept of creating
Andreas_Hillgruber
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
precision bombing (the other was No. 617 Squadron) and sank the battleship Tirpitz on 12 November 1944 in Operation Catechism. Between 1962 and April 1982
No._9_Squadron_RAF
Proposed class of German battleships
presumably would have been equipped with an arrangement similar to that of Tirpitz as she was outfitted in 1943–44. Several of the 40.6 cm guns were constructed
H-class_battleship_proposals
Class of British aircraft carriers
in 1944 and attacked targets in Norway as well as the German battleship Tirpitz. Subsequently, they were assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). Indefatigable
Implacable-class aircraft carrier
Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier
German World War II flying ace
(JG 5–5th Fighter Wing). Scapegoated for the loss of the German battleship Tirpitz, Ehrler was court-martialled, stripped of his command and sentenced to
Heinrich_Ehrler
1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland
Prime Minister Édouard Daladier introduced his plan to the General Staff and the War Cabinet. In his plan, Daladier created linkage between the war in Finland
Winter_War
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
official line to "incite public opinion at home" on the advice of Admiral Tirpitz. In 1913, Churchill had announced that Lusitania would be converted into
RMS_Lusitania
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917
the work of the Chancellor. He had rejected the plan of leading military officers such as Admiral Tirpitz to arrest the SPD executive committee at the start
Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Seetakt radars. A series of attacks caused the disabling and sinking of Tirpitz, a major German battleship that had been moved into a fjord in northern
No._617_Squadron_RAF
Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship
look upon the battleship as a ploy by German Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz to outpace British naval construction, rather than the latest development
SMS_Szent_István
Bridge in New York City
bridge deck. and in 1935, three of the four steel masts on the freighter Tirpitz hit the bridge deck. Additionally, the radar of the freighter Hai Soo was
Brooklyn_Bridge
One of the treaties that ended World War I
France and Belgium. Britain submitted a list of 94 names, including von Tirpitz for the sinkings of civilian shipping by German U-boats. Italy's request
Treaty_of_Versailles
Large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
catch and destroy her. By 1942, the last operational German battleships—Tirpitz and Scharnhorst—were sent to occupied Norway to serve as a fleet in being
Battleship
Midget submarine class built for the Royal Navy during 1943–44
used but only two successfully laid charges (under the German battleship Tirpitz). Two were lost while being towed to Norway; X8 began taking water and
X-class_submarine
Fast battleship of the United States Navy
was initially sent to counter a possible sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz, though this did not materialize and North Carolina was promptly transferred
USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55)
Second World War campaign fought in Norway
the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II. Planned as Operation Wilfred and Plan R 4, while the German attack was feared but had not yet
Norwegian_campaign
1939 diplomatic crisis between Poland and Nazi Germany
Hitler went to Wilhelmshaven to oversee the launch of the new battleship Tirpitz. At the Wilhelmshaven Rathaus (town hall), Hitler gave a violently anti-Polish
Danzig_crisis
World War I maritime disaster
Bethmann Hollweg, and pro-submarine naval officials like Tirpitz and Gustav Bachmann. Tirpitz, who saw the Americans as no threat, had pushed for the official
Sinking_of_RMS_Lusitania
1940 WWII air battle
Knauss formulated a deterrence theory incorporating Douhet's ideas and Tirpitz's "risk theory". This proposed a fleet of heavy bombers to deter a preventive
Battle_of_Britain
1916 major naval battle during World War I
favoured large guns, fuel oil (rather than coal), and speed. Admiral Tirpitz, responsible for the German fleet, favoured ship survivability and chose
Battle_of_Jutland
1940 fighter aircraft family by Chance Vought
(Operation Tungsten) in April, July, and August 1944 on the German battleship Tirpitz, for which Corsairs from HMS Victorious and HMS Formidable provided fighter
Vought_F4U_Corsair
British battlecruiser, 1916–1948
penetrate Tirpitz's main armoured deck. Nonetheless Tirpitz was under repair for three months. The Home Fleet tried another attack on Tirpitz later on
HMS_Furious_(47)
Battleship class of the German Imperial Navy
increased the naval budget by an additional 1 billion marks. Tirpitz had initially planned on building four new capital ships per year, including battlecruisers
König-class_battleship
Iowa-class battleship
Argentia, Newfoundland, to counter the threat of the German battleship Tirpitz, which was reportedly operating in Norwegian waters, before returning to
USS_Iowa_(BB-61)
German warship, 1934–45
Tirpitz and the destroyers Z4 Richard Beitzen, Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt, Z23, Z28, and Z29 left Bogen Bay and proceeded to Trondheim. There, Tirpitz stopped
German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer
Kriegsmarine battleship class
raid against Kiel. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Bismarck-class Tirpitz in Norway to interdict Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst-class_battleship
Bomb that bounces across a water surface
Churchill, in February 1943, asking "Have you given up all plans for doing anything to Tirpitz while she is in Trondheim? ... It is a terrible thing that
Bouncing_bomb
German naval operation during the Second World War
available could protect the ships but Hitler accepted the plan. Hitler ordered that the battleship Tirpitz, already in Norway, was to be moved south to Trondheim
Channel_Dash
Type 31 frigates
Operation Torch, attacked the German battleship Tirpitz, and fought against Japan in the Pacific theatre. The plan for the Type 31 project envisages all five
HMS Formidable (Type 31 frigate)
HMS_Formidable_(Type_31_frigate)
Fast battleship class of the United States Navy
Station Argentia, Newfoundland, to be ready in case the German battleship Tirpitz entered the Atlantic. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa made
Iowa-class_battleship
German general (1861–1922)
of the Military History Symposium. 4. US Air Force Academy. p. 44. von Tirpitz, Alfred (1926). Politicsche Dokumente: Deutsche Ohnmachtspolitik im Weltkriege
Erich_von_Falkenhayn
Characters in the films and novels
Drake used it to weaponise the nuclear materials it got its hands on in his plan to rule the world. King Industries – Sir Robert King (David Calder)'s multinational
List_of_James_Bond_villains
Unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945
Admiral Erich Raeder, a close protégé of Alfred von Tirpitz, was dedicated to the idea of reviving Tirpitz's High Seas Fleet. Officers who believed in submarine
Wehrmacht
Naval theatre of operations
joined Tirpitz in Trondheim. 5 March 1942: A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 located Convoy PQ 12 south of Jan Mayen. As part of Operation Sportpalast, Tirpitz sailed
Arctic naval operations of World War II
Arctic_naval_operations_of_World_War_II
TIRPITZ PLAN
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
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English
English : variant of Tibbett.
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English
English : variant of Tibbett.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a village green, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + hous ‘house’. (The term was not used to denote a glasshouse for the cultivation of ‘greens’ or sensitive plants until the late 17th century.)Jewish (American) : English translation of Ashkenazic Grünhaus, an oramental name composed of German grün ‘green’ + Haus ‘house’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French, Middle Dutch lavendier (Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda ‘washing’, ‘things to be washed’). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling. There is no evidence for any direct connection with the word for the plant (Middle English, Old French lavendre). However, the etymology of the plant name is obscure; it may have been named in ancient times with reference to the use of lavender oil for cleaning or of the dried heads of lavender in perfuming freshly washed clothes.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle English hethe, Old English hǣð) or a habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin since the late 16th century.
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English (mainly East Midlands) : habitational name from any of various places. Melbourne in former East Yorkshire is recorded in Domesday Book as Middelburne, from Old English middel ‘middle’ + burna ‘stream’; the first element was later replaced by the cognate Old Norse meðal. Melbourne in Derbyshire has as its first element Old English mylen ‘mill’, and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire probably Old English melde ‘milds’, a type of plant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood’ or ‘glade’.English : habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.Irish : reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach’, a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem’, ‘song’ (originally a byname for a poet).Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.Chinese : variant of Li 1.Chinese : variant of Li 2.Chinese : variant of Li 3.Korean : variant of Yi.Lee is a prominent VA family name brought over in 1641 by Richard Lee (d. 1664), a VA planter and legislator. His great-grandsons included the brothers Arthur, Francis L., Richard Henry, and William Lee, all prominent American Revolution legislators and diplomats.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northamptonshire)
English (Northamptonshire) : Anglo-Norman French patronymic (see Fitzgerald) from the personal name Hugh.William Fitzhugh (1651–1701), from Bedford, England, emigrated to VA about 1670 and established himself on the Potomac River in what was then Stafford Co., VA, as a planter and exporter. He also practiced law, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and served in 1687 as lieutenant colonel of the county militia.
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English
English : metronymic from the medieval female personal name Madde, a form of Maud (see Mould 1) or Magdalen (see Maudlin).James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the U.S. (1809–17), was born in VA, the son of a planter. He was descended from John Madison, a ship’s carpenter from Gloucester, England, who had settled in VA in about 1653.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a dyer or seller of dye, from Middle English mad(d)er ‘madder’ (Old English mædere), a pink to red dye obtained from the roots of the madder plant.German and Dutch (Mader, Mäder) : occupational name for a reaper or mower, Middle High German mÄder, mæder, Middle Dutch mader.French (southwestern and southeastern) : metonymic occupational name for a carpenter.
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English (chiefly Berkshire)
English (chiefly Berkshire) : from Middle English planke ‘plank’ (Late Latin planca). It is not clear how this word was applied as a surname: it may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a plank bridge over a stream, a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, or a nickname for a thin person.North German : nickname for a cantankerous person, from Middle Low German plank ‘quarrel’, ‘discord’.North German : metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German plank ‘measure for liquids’.South German : topographic name from Middle High German plank ‘plank’, ‘palisade’.South German : nickname for a fair-haired person, from a variant of Middle High German blanc ‘light’, ‘shining’.
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English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
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English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales)
English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales) : patronymic from the medieval English personal name Harry, pet form of Henry.This name is also well established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. In some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, both Harris and Harrison can be Anglicized forms of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha.Greek : reduced form of the Greek personal name Kharalambos, composed of the elements khara ‘joy’ + lambein ‘to shine’.Jewish : Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish names.
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English (mainly Lancashire)
English (mainly Lancashire) : topographic name from Old English gors(t) ‘gorse’, or a habitational name from some minor place named with this word.Slovenian (Gorše) : shortened form of the personal name Gregor, Latin Gregorius.Slovenian (Gorše) : topographic name from a derivative of gora ‘mountain’, ‘hill planted with vines’, ‘wood in a hill country’ (see Gornik).
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Hindu, Indian
Salvation; Freedom from Births
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English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a gardener, in particular someone with a herb garden, from Middle English plant (Old English plante), Old French plante ‘herb’, ‘shrub’, ‘young tree’. In English it may also be a nickname for a tender or delicate individual, from the same word in a transferred sense.French : topographic name for a planted area, in particular one planted with herbs or vines. Compare Plantier.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
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English
English : habitational name from Hartshorne in Derbyshire or Hartshorn in Northumberland, named from Old English heorot ‘hart’, ‘stag’ + horn ‘horn’, i.e. hill with some fancied resemblance to a hart’s horn. Reaney suggests a further possibility: that it could come from the Middle English plant name harteshorn ‘hartshorn’, denoting either of two plants with leaves branched like a stag’s antlers: Senebiera coronopus and Plantago coronopus.
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French (Planté)
French (Planté) : topographic name for someone living by an area of planted ground, a herb garden, shrubbery, or more specifically a vineyard.English : variant of Plant.
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English
English : nickname for a person with a ruddy complexion, from an adjective derivative of Middle English mad(d)er ‘madder’, the dye plant (see Mader 1), here used in a transferred sense.
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n.
The lapwing.
n.
One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
n.
One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
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The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
n.
A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.
n.
A little plant.
n.
A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
n.
That which is planted; a plantation.
pl.
of Planula
n. pl.
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
a.
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
n.
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.
a.
Without plants; barren of vegetation.
n.
The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
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A young plant, or plant in embryo.
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Government by planters; planters, collectively.