Dight is an English surname, meaning 'to equip'. It is an
occupational surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
for the servant who dressed a knight before a battle or tournament.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Charles Dight (Australian businessman)
Charles Hilton Dight (1813 – 9 October 1852) was a miller and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),
member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Dight was born near Richmond, New South Wales, son of John Dight, surgeon and farmer, and ...
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Charles Fremont Dight
Charles Fremont Dight (1856–1938) was an American medical professor and promoter of the human eugenics movement in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Collins, Bob"Minnesota’s eugenics past" Minnesota Public Radio News. August 1, 2011. Dight Avenue, a ...
(1856–1938), American academic and eugenicist
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John Butler Dight (c. 1760 – 1854), Canadian politician
See also
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Dights Falls
Dights Falls is a Rapids, rapid and weir on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, just downstream of the junction with the Merri Creek. At this point the river narrows and is constricted between 800,000-year-old volcani ...
, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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