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Coote

Coote proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Coote (plural Cootes)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Coote

pluralCootes

Origin of Coote

From Middle English cote (“coot”), a nickname for a bald or stupid person.

Words formed from Coote

Questions about Coote

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

Words near Coote in the dictionary

  1. Cootamundra wattles
  2. Cootamundra-Gundagai
  3. cootch
  4. cootches
  5. cootchie-cootchie-coo
  6. Coote
  7. Cootehill
  8. cooter
  9. Cooter Brown
  10. cooters
  11. Cootes

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