Dawson

[daw-suhn]

noun

1. Sir John William, 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator.

2. William Levi, 1899–1990, U.S. composer and conductor.

3. a town in NW Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers: former capital of the Yukon Territory.

Dawson

/ ˈdɔːsən /

noun

1. a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)

Example Sentences

Play at Dawson Memorial Field in Danbury, Essex, was suspended over summer after a passer-by was struck on the leg by a ball as he unloaded his car on 17 May.

From BBC

Shawna Dawson Beer, who lost her home in northwest Altadena, said the report repeatedly shielded county officials, particularly fire and sheriff’s officials, from any real accountability.

From Los Angeles Times

James Van Der Beek is “gutted” he is missing the live “Dawson’s Creek” reunion, which reportedly sold out in 12 minutes last month.

From Los Angeles Times

Death - a theme that also features in Dawson's Creek, another popular show from the turn of the millennium - hangs over the second and third series of TSITP.

From BBC

So I took him and Rosario Dawson behind the hotel, put them standing against my car, and the pictures came out great.

From Los Angeles Times