Definition of "Dupont"

A surname from French.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname  examples

A number of places in the United States:

1. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Colorado, named after the DuPont company.  examples

2. A town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, named after the Du Pont family.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, named, for want of a name, after a box of Dupont shotgun shells.  examples

4. A village in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Samuel Francis Du Pont.  examples

5. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, named after the Dupont Explosives company.  examples

6. A rural community within Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, said to be derived from dew point.  examples

7. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.  examples