a town in central England, in W Nottinghamshire: former coal-mining and cotton-textiles industries. Pop: 69 987 (2001)
Mansfield in British English2
(ˈmænsˌfiːld)
noun
Katherine, real name Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. 1888–1923, British writer, born in New Zealand, noted for her short stories, such as those in Bliss (1920) and The Garden Party (1922)
Mansfield in American English1
(ˈmænsˌfild)
Katherine(born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp) 1888-1923; Brit. short-story writer, born in New Zealand
Mansfield in American English2
(ˈmænzˌfild; ˈmænsfild)
1.
city in Nottinghamshire, NC England: county district pop. 100,000
2.
city in NC Ohio: pop. 49,000
Word origin
(sense 2) after J. Mansfield (1759-1830), surveyor