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Osmond

Osmond proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English. Also the alternative form of osmunda.

osmond: a male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English
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Proper noun

Osmond

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A community in western Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  4. A minor city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.

Also used as

Osmond is also the alternative form of osmunda.

Forms of Osmond

pluralOsmonds

Origin of Osmond

Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”). Later merged with a Norman French Osmond, Osmont, Omont from the same Old Norse root. Cognate with native Old English Ōsmund.

Words formed from Osmond

Questions about Osmond

What does Osmond mean?
Osmond means a male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
What part of speech is Osmond?
Osmond is a proper noun.

Words near Osmond in the dictionary

  1. osmometric
  2. osmometrical
  3. osmometrically
  4. osmometry
  5. Osmon
  6. Osmond
  7. Osmondthorpe
  8. Osmons
  9. osmophile
  10. osmophiles
  11. osmophilia

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