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Blackett

Blackett proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Blackett (countable and uncountable, plural Blacketts)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of Blackett

pluralBlacketts

Origin of Blackett

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).

Words formed from Blackett

Questions about Blackett

What does Blackett mean?
Blackett means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Blackett?
Blackett is a proper noun.

Words near Blackett in the dictionary

  1. blacketeering
  2. blacketeers
  3. Blacketer
  4. Blacketers
  5. blacketh
  6. Blackett
  7. Blackett effect
  8. blackette
  9. blackettes
  10. Blacketts
  11. blackey

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