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Dickins

Dickins proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Dickins

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of Dickins

From a medieval diminutive of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about Dickins

What does Dickins mean?
Dickins means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Dickins?
Dickins is a proper noun.

Words near Dickins in the dictionary

  1. dicking down
  2. dicking off
  3. dicking out
  4. dicking up
  5. dickings
  6. Dickins
  7. Dickinson
  8. Dickinson County
  9. Dickinson pumpkin
  10. Dickinson pumpkins
  11. Dickinsonian

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