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Peterkin

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

Proper noun

Peterkin

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of Peterkin

From a medieval pet-form of the given name Peter + -kin.

Questions about Peterkin

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

Words near Peterkin in the dictionary

  1. Peterik
  2. petering
  3. petering out
  4. Peterka
  5. Peterkas
  6. Peterkin
  7. Peterlee
  8. Peterloo
  9. peterman
  10. Petermann
  11. Petermanns

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