Definition of "Whitefield"

Whitefield

proper noun
1. A surname.
  Quotations
  Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”
  1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
2. A number of places in England:
  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).
  2. A hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9094).
  3. A suburb of Nelson, Pendle district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8537).
  4. A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST0729).
3. A neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Bureau County and Marshall County, Illinois.
  2. A township in Marshall County, Illinois.
  3. A town in Lincoln County, Maine, named after George Whitefield.
  4. A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, named after Edwin Whitefield.
  5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  6. A town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, also named after George Whitefield.