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See also:-ford,ford,ford.,förd,forð,andforð-

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 Ford (places) on Wikipedia

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Ford (countable anduncountable,pluralFords)

  1. Atopographicsurname from Middle English for someone who lived near aford.
    • 2025 February 16, Sophie Shaw, “5 tips for healthy hair in your 40s and beyond, from professional hairstylists”, inCNN[1]:
      We spoke toFord and other hairstylists over 40 about what to expect from these changes and how to treat them. Read on for the experts’ tips for helping your hair age gracefully.
  2. Aplacename:
    1. A number of places in theUnited Kingdom:
      1. A number of places inEngland:
        1. Ahamlet inDinton with Ford and Upton parish,Buckinghamshire(OS grid ref SP7709).
        2. Ahamlet inEckington parish,North East Derbyshire district,Derbyshire(OS grid ref SK4080).
        3. Asuburb ofPlymouth,Devon(OS grid ref SX4656).
        4. Ahamlet inHolbeton parish,South Hams district,Devon(OS grid ref SX6150).
        5. Ahamlet inTemple Guiting parish,Cotswold district,Gloucestershire(OS grid ref SP0829).
        6. Ahamlet inFord and Stoke Prior parish, south ofLeominster,Herefordshire(OS grid ref SO5155)[1]
        7. Asuburban area in the Metropolitan Borough ofSefton,Merseyside(OS grid ref SJ3398).
        8. A smallvillage andcivil parish in northernNorthumberland(OS grid ref NT9437).[2]
        9. Avillage andcivil parish west ofShrewsbury,Shropshire(OS grid ref SJ4113).[3]
        10. Avillage andcivil parish inArun district,West Sussex(OS grid ref TQ0003).[4]
        11. A smallvillage inNorth Wraxall parish,Wiltshire(OS grid ref ST8375).
        12. Avillage inLaverstock parish, nearSalisbury,Wiltshire(OS grid ref SU1533).
      2. A smallvillage at the south-west end ofLoch Awe,Argyll and Bute council area,Scotland(OS grid ref NN8603).
      3. Ahamlet next toWolf's Castle,Pembrokeshire,Wales(OS grid ref SM9526).[5]
    2. A number of places in theUSA:
      1. Anextincttown inBartow County,Georgia.
      2. A smallcity inFord County,Kansas.
      3. Anunincorporated community inClark County,Kentucky.
      4. Anunincorporated community inDinwiddie County,Virginia.
      5. Anunincorporated community inStevens County,Washington.
      6. Atown inTaylor County,Wisconsin.

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surname

Noun

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Ford (pluralFords)

  1. Amake ofcar, named forHenry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.
    • 1918,Willa Cather,My Antonia:
      They have aFord car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.
    • 1922,Henry Ford,Samuel Crowther,My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.,→OCLC:
      There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and aFord or two.
    • 1958,John Kenneth Galbraith,The Affluent Society, page 141:
      It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of aFord or an Olds.
    • 1972, “Take It Easy”, performed byEagles:
      It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbedFord slowin' down to take a look at me
    • 1995, Stella Gibbons,Cold Comfort Farm, page90:
      Why don't you go round the country with aFord van, preaching on market days?
    • 2000, Catherine Ryan Hyde,Pay It Forward, page24:
      Unless, of course, he limped away, not sauntered off, maybe dragged himself to a hospital, maybe got out okay, maybe died, far from anything to tie him to aFord extra cab, far from any ties to hometown news.
    • 2001, Bernard Goldberg,Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News, page174:
      And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or aFord.
    • 2003, Lois Lowry,The Silent Boy, page140:
      But if he had aFord automobile, he could simply telephone the garage, and--
      ...
      We didn't need aFord motorcar.
    • 1989,Elmore Leonard,Killshot:
      Elmore Leonard is as dependable as aFord used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer.
    • 2004, Robert McCrum,Wodehouse: A Life, page154:
      When she spotted her stepfather coming towards her she had pulled over and Wodehouse crossed over to greet her, noticing too late that she was being followed by aFord, which swerved to avoid the Buick.
    • 2004, Keith Bradsher,High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV, page304:
      AFord dealer in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the automaker the same year that Firestone tires were failing on Explorers.
      ...
      AFord memo in March 1999 said that Firestone's legal staff did not want to to replace tires in Saudi Arabia for fear that doing so would require Firestone to notify NHTSA, and added that aFord lawyer had worries "similar to the Firestone concerns."
    • 2005, William Braxton Irvine,On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, page26:
      He is disturbed not by the crass materialism of his life but by the fact that he is still driving aFord when he could and should be driving a Porsche.
    • 2006, Hester Browne,The Little Lady Agency, page59:
      I remembered too late that Honey should probably drive a cute little Mini or aFord Fiesta or some such. Damn.

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a make of a car

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census,Ford is the 137th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,832 individuals.Ford is most common among White (62.05%) and Black (32.00%) individuals.

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  1. ^OS: Herefordshire
  2. ^Parish map (Northumberland)
  3. ^Parish map (Shropshire)
  4. ^Parish Map (West Sussex)
  5. ^OS: Pembrokeshire

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Borrowed fromEnglishFord.

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Ford anim (relational adjectiveFordův)

  1. asurname in English,Ford m

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Borrowed fromEnglishFord.

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Ford m orfby sense

  1. an Englishsurname
  2. an American motorcar manufacturer

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Ford f (pluralFords)

  1. aFord automobile
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