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Hitchen

Hitchen proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Hitchen

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of Hitchen

From a medieval diminutive form of Hitch.

Questions about Hitchen

What does Hitchen mean?
Hitchen means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Hitchen?
Hitchen is a proper noun.

Words near Hitchen in the dictionary

  1. hitched up
  2. hitchel
  3. hitchelled
  4. hitchelling
  5. hitchels
  6. Hitchen
  7. Hitchens
  8. Hitchens' razor
  9. Hitchens's razor
  10. hitcher
  11. hitchers

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