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De Forest

De Forest is the alternative form of DeForest.

Meaning of DeForest

Proper noun

DeForest (plural DeForests)

  1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.

See all 4 meanings of deforest

Proper noun capitalized: de Forest

de Forest (plural de Forests)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of DeForest.

Forms of De Forest

pluralDe Forests
pluralde Forests

Questions about De Forest

What is De Forest the alternative form of?
De Forest is the alternative form of DeForest.
What part of speech is De Forest?
De Forest is a proper noun.

Words near De Forest in the dictionary

  1. de facto partners
  2. de facto union
  3. de facto unions
  4. de factos
  5. De Fonblanque
  6. De Forest
  7. De Forests
  8. De Fryske Marren
  9. De Geer Land Bridge
  10. de gras
  11. de Grasse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: De Forest (page history and authors); de Forest (page history and authors); DeForest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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