Fordson
English
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A Fordson Major
Etymology
From the surname Ford + -son
Noun
Fordson (plural Fordsons)
- A make of motor vehicle, notably tractors, produced by the Ford Motor Company. The name was dropped in 1964 and replaced by Ford.
- 1946 July and August, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 255:
- For working the reinstated passenger service last summer, the large Fordson tractor, normally employed on the stone trains, was used.
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Further reading
Fordson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia