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Dempsey

Dempsey proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Dempsey (countable and uncountable, plural Dempseys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A ghost town in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms of Dempsey

pluralDempseys

Origin of Dempsey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh (“descendant of Díomasach”), a byname deriving from díomasach (“proud, arrogant”).

Words formed from Dempsey

Questions about Dempsey

What does Dempsey mean?
Dempsey means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Dempsey?
Dempsey is a proper noun.

Words near Dempsey in the dictionary

  1. demousing
  2. demousings
  3. demoware
  4. demoxepam
  5. demoxytocin
  6. Dempsey
  7. Dempseys
  8. dempster
  9. Dempster-Shafer theory
  10. dempsters
  11. DEMs

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