/ Dictionary / Index D Dawson: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Daw•son Pronunciation: (dô'sun), [key] — n. 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator. born 1899, U.S. composer and conductor. a town in NW Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers: former capital of the Yukon Territory. 838. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: dawson (Thesaurus) dawn redwood Dawson Creek Related Content Daily Word Quiz: candid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language