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Chaffee

/ˈtʃæfiː/

Chaffee proper noun: a surname from Old French.

Proper noun

Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A city in Scott County, Missouri.
  3. A hamlet in the town of Sardinia, Erie County, New York.
  4. An unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington.
  6. A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia.

Forms of Chaffee

pluralChaffees

Origin of Chaffee

From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.

Words formed from Chaffee

Questions about Chaffee

What does Chaffee mean?
Chaffee means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Chaffee?
Chaffee is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chaffee?
Chaffee is pronounced /ˈtʃæfiː/.

Words near Chaffee in the dictionary

  1. chaff engine
  2. chaff engines
  3. chaffbag
  4. chaffbags
  5. chaffed
  6. Chaffee
  7. Chaffee County
  8. Chaffees
  9. chaffer
  10. chaffered
  11. chafferer

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