MALDON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maldon mean? 

• MALDON (noun)
  The noun MALDON has 1 sense:

1. a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

  Familiarity information: MALDON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALDON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Maldon; Maldon

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

And this was the first I ever saw of Mr. Jack Maldon; whom I had not expected to see so soon, when I heard the Doctor speak of him that morning.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“To the lady, sir,” Mr. Jack Maldon answered, laughing.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Not only for your own sake, but for Annie's, and John Maldon's, and many other people's.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And they were not improved, as it appeared to me, by the Old Soldier: who continually recalled passages of Mr. Jack Maldon's youth.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Time will go fast with you, Mr. Jack Maldon, pursued the Doctor, and fast with all of us.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Jack Maldon, you have a long voyage, and a strange country, before you; but many men have had both, and many men will have both, to the end of time.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Why, because Annie's a charming young girl, and the old Doctor—Doctor Strong, I mean—is not quite a charming young boy,” said Mr. Jack Maldon, laughing.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Jack Maldon was there, before us.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I am but this moment quit of Mr. Maldon,” said his master.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“And why as a matter of course, Mr. Maldon?” asked Mr. Wickfield, sedately eating his dinner.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)