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Metcalf

Metcalf proper noun: a Northern English surname.

Proper noun

Metcalf (plural Metcalfs)

  1. A Northern English surname.
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Forms of Metcalf

pluralMetcalfs
alternative formMedcalf
alternative formMedcalfe
alternative formMetcalfe
alternative formMitcalfe

Origin of Metcalf

Possibly from Old English *metecealf (“meat calf”), a calf to be fattened up for eating. The use as a surname could have started off as a jocular nickname for an individual thought to be as "fat as a prize-calf"; or else in reference to the occupation involved in fattening up such a calf.

Questions about Metcalf

What does Metcalf mean?
Metcalf means a Northern English surname.
What part of speech is Metcalf?
Metcalf is a proper noun.

Words near Metcalf in the dictionary

  1. metazonites
  2. metazoon
  3. metazoons
  4. metazooplankton
  5. metazoxolon
  6. Metcalf
  7. Metcalfe
  8. Metcalfe bean
  9. Metcalfe County
  10. Metcalfe East
  11. Metcalfe's law

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