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Etymology 1 edit

From Thomas +‎ -son. Literally, son of Thomas.

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Thomasson

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
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From Japanese, named after attractive but ineffectual baseball player Gary Thomasson (1951–).[1]

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Thomasson (plural Thomassons)

  1. (architecture) An architectural element that no longer serves its purpose but is retained in a structure for aesthetic reasons.
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  1. ^ William Gibson Virtual Light, p. 63. As quoted in several sources, including Susan Kollin, Postwestern Cultures: Literature, Theory, Space p. 92 and Takayuki Tatsumi "Waiting for Godzilla: Chaotic Negotiations Between Post-Orientalism and Hyper-Occidentalism" in Transactions, Transgressions, Transformations: American Culture in Western Europe and Japan by Heide Fehrenbach, editor on p. 232

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