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Cruickshank

Cruickshank proper noun: a surname transferred from the nickname.

Proper noun

Cruickshank (plural Cruickshanks)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Forms of Cruickshank

pluralCruickshanks
alternative formCrookshanks

Origin of Cruickshank

From Scots Cruickshank, from cruick (“bent; lame”) + shank (“leg”).

Questions about Cruickshank

What does Cruickshank mean?
Cruickshank means a surname transferred from the nickname.
What part of speech is Cruickshank?
Cruickshank is a proper noun.

Words near Cruickshank in the dictionary

  1. crufting
  2. crufts
  3. cruftware
  4. crufty
  5. crug
  6. Cruickshank
  7. Cruickshanks
  8. Cruikshank
  9. Cruikshankian
  10. Cruikshanks
  11. cruisable

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