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Grimwood

Grimwood proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Grimwood (plural Grimwoods)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of Grimwood

pluralGrimwoods

Origin of Grimwood

Patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *grīmô (“mask”) and *wardaz (“guard”).

Questions about Grimwood

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

Words near Grimwood in the dictionary

  1. Grimstone
  2. grimthorpe
  3. grimthorped
  4. grimthorpes
  5. grimthorping
  6. Grimwood
  7. Grimwoods
  8. grimy
  9. grin
  10. grin and bear it
  11. grin from ear to ear

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