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Fairhurst

Fairhurst proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Fairhurst (plural Fairhursts)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Fairhurst

pluralFairhursts

Origin of Fairhurst

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

Questions about Fairhurst

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

Words near Fairhurst in the dictionary

  1. Fairhead
  2. fairheaded
  3. Fairheads
  4. Fairholme
  5. fairhood
  6. Fairhurst
  7. Fairhursts
  8. fairie
  9. fairies
  10. fairies' butter
  11. fairies' horse

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