Definition of "Trent"

A placename

1. A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary.  examples

2. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.  examples

3. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.  examples

A topographic surname An English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

(less common form) Trento, A city in Italy  examples