Preston

American  

[pres-tuhn] / ˈprɛs tən /

noun

1. a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.

2. a male given name.

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Preston British  

/ ˈprɛstən /

noun

1. a city in NW England, administrative centre of Lancashire, on the River Ribble: developed as a weaving centre (17th–18th centuries); university (1992). Pop: 184 836 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Raducanu arrived in Melbourne with just one win under her belt and off the back of a timid defeat by world number 204 Taylah Preston in Hobart.

From BBC

Raducanu has had a low-key start to the year, bowing out in the quarter-finals of a warm-up tournament in a surprise straight-sets loss to 204th-ranked Taylah Preston.

From Barron's

And sure enough, three days later Gladys Herdman took a pair of kindergarten safety scissors and cut Eugene Preston’s hair in the shape of a dog.

From Literature

Gladys was the one who discovered this talent but she wouldn’t tell anybody what it was and she wouldn’t let Eugene tell anybody either, not even his mother—so Mrs. Preston didn’t know whether to get him a costume or a guitar or elevator shoes or what.

From Literature

The principal, who was sitting in the back row, thought kids were throwing things at Eugene, so he started up the aisle and ran smack into Mrs. Preston, who was yelling for someone to stop Eugene before he killed himself with walnuts.

From Literature