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Ackerman

Ackerman proper noun: a surname originating as an occupation.

Proper noun

Ackerman (countable and uncountable, plural Ackermans)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
    • Wherever Eliot went, Agent Ackerman appeared five seconds later, automatically locked onto her coordinates.2017 September 19, Ryan Graudin, Invictus, →ISBN, unnumbered page
  2. A town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States.

Forms of Ackerman

pluralAckermans

Origin of Ackerman

From Middle English acker (“field”) + -man. Originally denoted a farmer who did not own the fields he worked.

Words formed from Ackerman

Questions about Ackerman

What does Ackerman mean?
Ackerman means a surname originating as an occupation.
What part of speech is Ackerman?
Ackerman is a proper noun.

Words near Ackerman in the dictionary

  1. Ackerian
  2. Ackerley
  3. Ackerleys
  4. Ackerly
  5. Ackerlys
  6. Ackerman
  7. Ackerman syndrome
  8. Ackermann
  9. Ackermann function
  10. Ackermans
  11. ackers

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