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mears

mears is the plural of mear.

Proper noun capitalized: Mears

Mears (countable and uncountable, plural Mearses)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States.

Forms of mears

pluralMearses

Origin of mears

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.

Questions about mears

What does mears mean?
Mears means a surname from Old English.
What is mears the plural of?
Mears is the plural of mear.
What part of speech is mears?
Mears is a proper noun.

Words near mears in the dictionary

  1. mearings
  2. Mearns
  3. Mearns quail
  4. Mearns quails
  5. Mearnses
  6. mears
  7. Mearses
  8. meas
  9. meas.
  10. MEASA
  11. mease

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