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Horrocks

Horrocks proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Horrocks (countable and uncountable, plural Horrockses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A small coastal town in the Mid West Region of Western Australia.

Forms of Horrocks

pluralHorrockses
alternative formHorrox

Origin of Horrocks

From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

Words formed from Horrocks

Phrases with Horrocks

Questions about Horrocks

What does Horrocks mean?
Horrocks means a surname.
What part of speech is Horrocks?
Horrocks is a proper noun.

Words near Horrocks in the dictionary

  1. horripilation
  2. horripilations
  3. horripilatory
  4. horrisonant
  5. horrisonous
  6. Horrocks
  7. Horrocks box
  8. Horrocks boxes
  9. Horrockses
  10. Horrocksford
  11. Horrocksian

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