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Goodacre

Goodacre proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Goodacre (plural Goodacres)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Goodacre

pluralGoodacres

Origin of Goodacre

Three possible origins: * An English topographic surname for someone who farmed a productive piece of land, from Middle English good (“good”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An English habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Middle English goot (“goat”) + aker (“acre, field”). * An Americanized spelling of the German surname Gutacker, from gut (“good”) + Acker (“field”).

Questions about Goodacre

What does Goodacre mean?
Goodacre means a surname.
What part of speech is Goodacre?
Goodacre is a proper noun.

Words near Goodacre in the dictionary

  1. good-time girl
  2. good-time girls
  3. good-timer
  4. good-timers
  5. good-will
  6. Goodacre
  7. Goodacres
  8. Goodale
  9. Goodales
  10. Goodall
  11. Goodalls

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