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Brownrigg

Brownrigg proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Brownrigg (plural Brownriggs)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Brownrigg

pluralBrownriggs

Origin of Brownrigg

Habitational surname from any of several minor places in Cumbria, from Old English brūn (“brown”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

Questions about Brownrigg

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

Words near Brownrigg in the dictionary

  1. brownnoses
  2. brownnosing
  3. brownoid
  4. brownout
  5. brownouts
  6. Brownrigg
  7. Brownriggs
  8. browns
  9. Browns Creek
  10. Browns Mills
  11. browns out

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