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English
Etymology
From Wat + -son.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Watson
- A northern English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- A minor city in Desha County, Arkansas.
- A village in Effingham County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
- A minor city in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
- A village in Atchison County, Missouri.
- A town in Lewis County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
- An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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