Associations to the word «Staunton»

Wiktionary

STAUNTON, proper noun. A surname​.
STAUNTON, proper noun. (chess) A style of chess pieces now mandated for most chess competitions which were first designed by Nathaniel Cook and sold in 1849 and named for Howard Staunton, the best player of the time.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats