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Grosseteste

Grosseteste proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Grosseteste (plural Grossetestes)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
    • Robert Grosseteste, b. ca. 1168

Forms of Grosseteste

pluralGrossetestes
alternative formGrossetete

Origin of Grosseteste

From Middle English Grosseteste, ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

Questions about Grosseteste

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

Words near Grosseteste in the dictionary

  1. grosses
  2. grosses out
  3. Grosses Plain
  4. grosses up
  5. grossest
  6. Grosseteste
  7. Grossetete
  8. Grosseth
  9. Grosseto
  10. grossetti
  11. grossetto

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