Boone

Boone · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A surname of English origin.

  2. 2.

    Daniel Boone (1734-1820), an American frontiersman and folk hero famous for exploring and settling Kentucky.

  3. 3.

    Various places in the United States named after Daniel Boone.

Related words

See also: frontier, pioneer

Etymology

English surname, possibly from Old French bon ("good") or a habitational name from a place called Bohun in France.