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Jenks

Jenks proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Jenks

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of Jenks

From a back-formation of Jenkin + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about Jenks

What does Jenks mean?
Jenks means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Jenks?
Jenks is a proper noun.

Words near Jenks in the dictionary

  1. Jenkinses
  2. Jenkinsian
  3. Jenkinson
  4. Jenkinsonian
  5. Jenkintown
  6. Jenks
  7. Jenkyns
  8. Jenman
  9. jenminpi
  10. Jenn
  11. Jenna

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