Tecumseh

Tecumseh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Shawnee Tekoomse (“it crosses over”).

Proper noun

Tecumseh

1. A male given name
   • 1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271:

     Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.

2. A placename:
   1. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. The Rural Municipality of Tecumseh No. 65, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated CDP in eastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.
   6. A city and township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
   8. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States.
   9. A city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Derived terms

• Mount Tecumseh
• Teck
• Tecumseh step test