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Nettleship

Nettleship proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Nettleship (plural Nettleships)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Nettleship

pluralNettleships

Origin of Nettleship

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from Old English netle (“nettle”) + -s- + hop (“small valley, enclosure”). The change of ending from -shop to -ship is common in Northern English.

Questions about Nettleship

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

Words near Nettleship in the dictionary

  1. nettlelike
  2. nettler
  3. nettlerash
  4. nettlers
  5. nettles
  6. Nettleship
  7. Nettleships
  8. nettlesome
  9. nettlespurge
  10. Nettlestone
  11. Nettlestone and Seaview

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