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Fairclough

Fairclough proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Fairclough (plural Faircloughs)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Fairclough

pluralFaircloughs
alternative formFaircloth

Origin of Fairclough

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Middle English fayr (“fair, beautiful”) + clough (“narrow valley, ravine”).

Words formed from Fairclough

Questions about Fairclough

What does Fairclough mean?
Fairclough means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Fairclough?
Fairclough is a proper noun.

Words near Fairclough in the dictionary

  1. Fairchild
  2. fairchildite
  3. Fairchildren
  4. Faircloth
  5. Faircloths
  6. Fairclough
  7. Faircloughian
  8. Faircloughs
  9. faird
  10. fairdom
  11. fairds

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