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DeWitt

DeWitt proper noun: a surname from Dutch, an anglicization of de Witt.

Proper noun (1)

DeWitt

  1. A surname from Dutch, an anglicization of de Witt.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city and one of the two county seats of Arkansas County, Arkansas; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  4. A village in Illinois; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  5. A city in Iowa; named for American politician and naturalist DeWitt Clinton.
  6. A city in Michigan; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Onondaga County, New York; named for judge and soldier Maj. Moses DeWitt.
  8. An unincorporated community in Virginia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dewitt

Dewitt (plural Dewitts)

  1. A surname from Dutch.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Verb capitalized: Dewitt

Dewitt (third-person singular simple present Dewitts, present participle Dewitting, simple past and past participle Dewitted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lynch.

Forms of DeWitt

Proper noun
pluralDewitts
alternative formDeWitt
alternative formDe Witt
Verb
third-person singular presentDewitts
present participleDewitting
past participleDewitted
pastDewitted

Origin of DeWitt

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

Words formed from DeWitt

Questions about DeWitt

What does DeWitt mean?
DeWitt means a surname from Dutch, an anglicization of de Witt.
What part of speech is DeWitt?
DeWitt can be a proper noun or a verb.

Words near DeWitt in the dictionary

  1. dewirement
  2. dewirements
  3. dewires
  4. dewiring
  5. dewish
  6. DeWitt
  7. DeWitt County
  8. Dewitted
  9. Dewitting
  10. Dewitts
  11. dewlap

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