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Dawkes

/dɔːks/

Dawkes proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Dawkes

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of Dawkes

From a back-formation of Dawkin (“a Middle English diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

Questions about Dawkes

What does Dawkes mean?
Dawkes means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Dawkes?
Dawkes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dawkes?
Dawkes is pronounced /dɔːks/.

Words near Dawkes in the dictionary

  1. dawish
  2. dawk
  3. dawk bungalow
  4. dawk bungalows
  5. dawked
  6. Dawkes
  7. Dawkin
  8. dawking
  9. Dawkinite
  10. Dawkinites
  11. Dawkins

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