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Horscroft

Horscroft proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Horscroft (plural Horscrofts)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Horscroft

pluralHorscrofts

Origin of Horscroft

Toponymic surname for someone who lived by or worked at an enclosure for horses, from Middle English hors (“horse”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Questions about Horscroft

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

Words near Horscroft in the dictionary

  1. hors-texte
  2. Horsbrugh
  3. Horsbrughs
  4. Horsburgh
  5. Horsburghs
  6. Horscroft
  7. Horscrofts
  8. horse
  9. horse about
  10. horse and buggy
  11. horse and carriage

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