Camden definition

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A city of western New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia.
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A city of central South Carolina northeast of Columbia. The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780) was a major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
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(place) Borough of N Greater London, England.
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An inner London borough comprising Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.
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A place name in various other locales.
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A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
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Origin of camden

  • From Old English campas (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

    From Wiktionary

Camden Sentence Examples

  • He supported Lord Camden's decision against general warrants, and reversed the outlawry of Wilkes.

  • His Political Memoranda were edited by Oscar Browning for the Camden Society in 1884, and there are eight volumes of his official correspondence in the British Museum.

  • Some personal matter is contained in Wardrobe Accounts of Henry, Earl of Derby (Camden Soc.).

  • Cavendish (1641, rep. Harleian Misc. 1810 v.); C. Wriothesley's Chronicle (Camden Soc., 1875-1877); Notes and Queries, 8 ser., viii.

  • Camden describes the wonder with which O'Neill's wild gallowglasses were seen in the English capital, with their heads bare, their long hair falling over their shoulders and clipped short in front above the eyes, and clothed in rough yellow shirts.

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