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Hanscombe

Hanscombe proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hanscombe (plural Hanscombes)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Hanscombe

pluralHanscombes
alternative formAnscombe
alternative formHandscomb

Origin of Hanscombe

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Shillington, in Bedfordshire, from an unattested Old English personal name *Hān + -s- + camp (“open country”).

Questions about Hanscombe

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

Words near Hanscombe in the dictionary

  1. Hansberrys
  2. Hansbrough
  3. Hansbroughs
  4. Hanscom
  5. Hanscomb
  6. Hanscombe
  7. Hanscombes
  8. Hanscoms
  9. hanse
  10. Hanseatic
  11. Hanseatic cities

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