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Orrison

Orrison proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Orrison (plural Orrisons)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of Orrison

pluralOrrisons

Origin of Orrison

Apparently a patronymic surname from Orris + -son.

Questions about Orrison

What does Orrison mean?
Orrison means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Orrison?
Orrison is a proper noun.

Words near Orrison in the dictionary

  1. Orrington
  2. orris
  3. orris pea
  4. orris peas
  5. orrises
  6. Orrison
  7. Orrisons
  8. orrisroot
  9. orrisroots
  10. Orroroo
  11. Orroroo Carrieton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Orrison (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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