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Hardacre

Hardacre proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Hardacre (plural Hardacres)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Hardacre

pluralHardacres

Origin of Hardacre

Topographic surname for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard (“hard”) + aker (“acre, field”).

Questions about Hardacre

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

Words near Hardacre in the dictionary

  1. hard-wiring
  2. hard-won
  3. hard-work
  4. hard-working
  5. Harda
  6. Hardacre
  7. Hardacres
  8. Hardage
  9. Hardages
  10. Hardaker
  11. Hardanger

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