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Musselwhite

Musselwhite proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Musselwhite (plural Musselwhites)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Musselwhite

pluralMusselwhites

Origin of Musselwhite

Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Southern England, from Old English muscle (“mussel”) + wiht (“bend, curve”).

Questions about Musselwhite

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

Words near Musselwhite in the dictionary

  1. Musselmans
  2. Musselroe Bay
  3. mussels
  4. Musselshell
  5. Musselshell County
  6. Musselwhite
  7. Musselwhites
  8. Mussenden
  9. Mussendens
  10. Mussendom
  11. Musser

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