# Plympton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈplɪmptən/ · frequency rank #86,639

## Definitions
1. A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
3. A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English Plȳmentūn (c. 900), from *plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plūme (“plum tree”). Doublet of Plumpton.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/plympton