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Hammersley

Hammersley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hammersley (plural Hammersleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Hammersley

pluralHammersleys
alternative formHamersley

Origin of Hammersley

Habitational surname from a lost place believed to have been in Staffordshire, perhaps from an Old English personal name *Hamela + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Questions about Hammersley

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

Words near Hammersley in the dictionary

  1. Hammersbach
  2. hammerscale
  3. hammerscales
  4. Hammerschmidt
  5. Hammerschmidts
  6. Hammersley
  7. Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bound
  8. Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bounds
  9. Hammersleys
  10. hammersmith
  11. Hammersmith & City

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