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Gilmour

Gilmour proper noun: a Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Gilmour (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmours)

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. An unincorporated community in Greene County and Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.

Forms of Gilmour

pluralGilmours

Origin of Gilmour

Variant of Gilmore, from Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

Questions about Gilmour

What does Gilmour mean?
Gilmour means a Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Gilmour?
Gilmour is a proper noun.

Words near Gilmour in the dictionary

  1. Gilmartins
  2. Gilmer
  3. Gilmer County
  4. Gilmore
  5. Gilmorton
  6. Gilmour
  7. gilo
  8. Gilolo
  9. Gilort
  10. gilos
  11. giloy

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