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In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Meaning of "Pickford" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICKFORD

Pickford  [ˈpɪkfəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICKFORD

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Pickford is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICKFORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pickford

Pickford is a surname, and may refer to ▪ Sir Alfred "Pickle" Pickford, Scouting luminary and friend of Lord Baden-Powell ▪ Charlotte Hennessy, aka Charlotte Smith Pickford, Canadian-American actress, mother of Mary, Lottie, and Jack Pickford ▪ Grace Evelyn Pickford, American biologist ▪ Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, brother of Mary Pickford ▪ Joseph Pickford, British architect ▪ Kevin Pickford, retired Major League Baseball pitcher ▪ Lottie Pickford, Canadian-American actress, sister of Mary Pickford ▪ Martin Pickford, Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist ▪ Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress ▪ Mary Ada Pickford, British politician, industrialist and historian ▪ Olive Thomas Pickford, American actress ▪ Terry Pickford, Canadian-American TV writer, producer and editor ▪ Thomas Pickford, convicted of murdering Jody Dobrowski in South London in 2005 ▪ William Pickford, 1st Baron Sterndale, British lawyer and judge...

Definition of Pickford in the English dictionary

The definition of Pickford in the dictionary is Mary, real name Gladys Mary Smith. 1893–1979, US actress in silent films, born in Canada.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICKFORD


Ashford
ˈæʃfəd
Beckford
ˈbɛkfəd
Bedford
ˈbɛdfəd
Bradford
ˈbrædfəd
Chelmsford
ˈtʃɛlmzfəd
Crawford
ˈkrɔːfəd
Crockford
ˈkrɒkfəd
Guildford
ˈɡɪlfəd
Hartford
ˈhɑːtfəd
Hereford
ˈhɛrɪfəd
Oxford
ˈɒksfəd
Rockford
ˈrɒkfəd
rutherford
ˈrʌðəfəd
Stafford
ˈstæfəd
Stamford
ˈstæmfəd
Stanford
ˈstænfəd
Telford
ˈtɛlfəd
Trafford
ˈtræfəd
Waterford
ˈwɔːtəfəd
Watford
ˈwɒtfəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICKFORD

Pickering

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICKFORD

afford
Beresford
Brantford
Castleford
Count Rumford
Dartford
Deptford
ford
Hertford
Lifford
Longford
New Bedford
Redford
Rumford
Salford
Stableford
Stepford
Strafford
Stretford
Wexford

Synonyms and antonyms of Pickford in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Pickford» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Pickford to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

皮克福德
1,325 millions of speakers

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Pickford
570 millions of speakers

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Pickford
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिकफोर्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيكفورد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пикфорд
278 millions of speakers

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Pickford
270 millions of speakers

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Pickford
260 millions of speakers

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Pickford
220 millions of speakers

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Pickford
190 millions of speakers

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Pickford
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピックフォード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

픽 포드
85 millions of speakers

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Pickford
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Pickford
80 millions of speakers

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பிக்ஃபோர்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिकफोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

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Pickford
70 millions of speakers

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Pickford
65 millions of speakers

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Pickford
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пікфорд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pickford
30 millions of speakers
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Pickford
15 millions of speakers
af

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Pickford
14 millions of speakers
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Pick
10 millions of speakers
no

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Pickford
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pickford

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKFORD»

The term «Pickford» is regularly used and occupies the 70.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pickford

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4 QUOTES WITH «PICKFORD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Pickford.
1
Frank Crowninshield
What Marie Antoinette was to eighteenth-century France, Mary Pickford is to twentieth-century America.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
My father and Mary Pickford were the reigning stars of not just Hollywood but of the world. Well, to bear my father's name was hard enough, but to work in pictures to boot was pretty foolhardy. In fact, my father was totally against it. He thought I should be off getting a good education and go into some safe profession.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.
4
Jamie Farr
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKFORD»

Discover the use of Pickford in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pickford and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies
Discusses the legacy of cinema's first movie star Mary Pickford, including her acting, philanthropy, and how she obtained creative control of her own films.
Christel Schmidt, 2012
2
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood
A comprehensive biography of film's first star traces her rise to fame with the growth of the medium, her influence as a partner in United Artists, her relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, and her struggles later in life. UP.
Eileen Whitfield, 2007
3
Mary Pickford rediscovered: rare pictures of a Hollywood legend
Rare period photographs, production shots, and film stills--many never before published--celebrate the life and career of silent-film star Mary Pickford, in an illustrated filmography that also includes personal anecdotes about the silent ...
Kevin Brownlow, Robert Cushman, 1999
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Mary Pickford: Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart
Traces the life of silent film star Mary Pickford, from her childhood in Toronto through her years of success in motion pictures in the United States.
Peggy Dymond Leavey, 2011
5
Conversations with Rodolfo (a Novel)
But what would have been had he not died so young? This is the inspiration behind the whimsical novel, "Conversations with Rodolfo" written by Hala Pickford, The Founding Sheba of The Rudolph Valentino Society.
Hala Pickford, 2009
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The Sense of Semblance:Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust ...
"Drawing on work in contemporary analytic philosophy and Adorno's normative aesthetic theory, this book aims to show how selected Holocaust artworks in a variety of media (lyric poetry by Paul Celan, Holocaust memorials, quotational texts ...
Henry W. Pickford, 2013
7
Assessing Skills and Practice
Whether you are working with students who are assessed on their labwork, dance performances or clinical practice, Assessing Skills and Practice is an accessible guide that outlines how to ensure fair, consistent and reliable assessment.
Sally Brown, Ruth Pickford, 2006
8
Progression in Primary ICT
Progression in Primary ICT gives an overview of the current context of ICT teaching within the primary classroom.
Richard Bennett, Andrew Hamill, Tony Pickford, 2007
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Mary Pickford, America's sweetheart
Chronicles the life of film's first "celebrity," recounting Pickford's rise to stardom, her tremendous power and influence in the film industry, rumors of her bout with alcoholism, and her marriages to Douglas Fairbanks and Buddy Rogers
Scott Eyman, 1990
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Youth Justice and Social Work
Structured around the National Occupational Standards, this book takes a practical approach to youth justice within social work programmes, focusing on social work in a multi-agency, multi disciplinary youth offending team.
Paul Dugmore, Sally Angus, Jane Pickford, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKFORD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pickford is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sunderland: Pickford saves Cats from further blushes
Advocaat made three changes to his line-up with Pickford, Billy Jones and Connor Wickham coming into the side in place of Vito Mannone, ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»
2
Severe weather takes down trees
Old Rocheport Road near Hemlock Ridge Road, Pickford Place and Friendship Church Road were temporarily closed while crews from Boone ... «Columbia Missourian, Jul 15»
3
Not seeing eye to eye over 'missed' NS&I deadline
NS&I is causing us to miss out on two £20,000 bonds. Photograph: Ann Pickford/Rex Features. Miles Brignall. Monday 27 July 2015 02.00 EDT. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Sunderland unveil new away kit ahead of Club de Fútbol Pachuca …
Pickford saved Ruben Botla's penalty after John O'Shea was harshly adjudged to have fouled Nahuelpan, and while Dick Advocaat will hardly ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
5
Regional Roundup: Greenbush-Middle River eyes new school
The theater earlier had announced that Pickford's 1914 film "Tess of the Storm Country," was going to be the first film, but later switched. «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
6
Showdown At Twin Bluffs
... he laughed and shot back, “I'm not surprsed about that because I've heard the stories about you and MARY PICKFORD! And she was one of ... «San Francisco News, Jul 15»
7
Industrial History and 'Pride and Prejudice' in Derbyshire
Pickford's House, for a glimpse of middle-class living in the 1700s. The impossibly green grounds of Elvaston Castle, on the outskirts of the city. «EDGE Boston, Jul 15»
8
Hudson Kroening, Chanel's Kid Model
There is something like sunshine in it, like [silent-movie star] Mary Pickford when she was just starting out. But he also has a certain melancholy like what one ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
9
'Sellebrity': the privacy issues of famous people
It was Mary Pickford who created stardom when she went from being the anonymous “girl with the curls” to one of the most famous people on ... «CT News, Jul 15»
10
In One Ear: He wants to run
“He wants to run (which he's not allowed to) and play with the dogs in his foster home,” Kate Pickford wrote on L'il One's GoFundMe page. Why ... «Daily Astorian, Jul 15»

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