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Cockcroft

Cockcroft proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Cockcroft (plural Cockcrofts)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Cockcroft

pluralCockcrofts
alternative formCockroft
alternative formCocroft

Origin of Cockcroft

Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Words formed from Cockcroft

Questions about Cockcroft

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

Words near Cockcroft in the dictionary

  1. Cockburn
  2. Cockburns
  3. Cockburnspath
  4. cockchafer
  5. cockchafers
  6. Cockcroft
  7. Cockcroft-Walton generator
  8. Cockcroft-Walton generators
  9. Cockcrofts
  10. cockcrow
  11. cockcrower

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