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Cocksedge

Cocksedge proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Cocksedge (plural Cocksedges)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Cocksedge

pluralCocksedges

Origin of Cocksedge

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Cocca + -s- + eċġ (“edge; hillside”).

Questions about Cocksedge

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

Words near Cocksedge in the dictionary

  1. cocksacks
  2. cockscomb
  3. cockscombed
  4. cockscombs
  5. cockscrow
  6. Cocksedge
  7. Cocksedges
  8. cockserver
  9. cockservers
  10. Cockses
  11. cocksfoot

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