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Crawshaw

Crawshaw proper noun: a surname from Old English.

crawshaw: a surname from Old English
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Proper noun

Crawshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Crawshaws)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A rural locality comprising Upper and Lower Crawshaw in Denby Dale parish, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2313).

Forms of Crawshaw

pluralCrawshaws
alternative formCrashaw
alternative formCroshaw

Origin of Crawshaw

Habitational surname from the village of Crawshawbooth, in Lancashire, which is from Old English crāwe (“crow”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Questions about Crawshaw

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

Words near Crawshaw in the dictionary

  1. crawlways
  2. crawly
  3. Crawney
  4. craws
  5. crawsful
  6. Crawshaw
  7. Crawshaws
  8. Crawshay
  9. Crawshays
  10. crawthumper
  11. crawthumpers

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