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Hosack

Hosack proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Hosack (plural Hosacks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Hosack

pluralHosacks
alternative formHosick

Origin of Hosack

* As a Scottish surname, probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in northern Scotland. * As a Czech or Slovak surname, Americanized from Hosák, Hošak, from host (“guest”). Compare Hostibor, Hostislav.

Questions about Hosack

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

Words near Hosack in the dictionary

  1. Horyniec
  2. Horyniec-Zdrój
  3. Horæ
  4. hos
  5. Hos.
  6. Hosack
  7. Hosacks
  8. Hosaka
  9. Hosaka-Cohen transformation
  10. Hosakas
  11. hosana

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