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Pettengill

Pettengill proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Pettengill (plural Pettengills)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Pettengill

pluralPettengills
alternative formPettingill

Origin of Pettengill

Ethnic surname for someone from Portugal, from an altered form of Middle English Portyngale (“Portugal”).

Questions about Pettengill

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

Words near Pettengill in the dictionary

  1. Pettaway
  2. Pettaways
  3. petted
  4. petted the kitty
  5. pettedness
  6. Pettengill
  7. Pettengills
  8. petter
  9. Petter's big-footed mice
  10. Petter's big-footed mouse
  11. petterdite

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